Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 00:22:18 -0600 (CST) From: David <dvo264@airmail.net> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ascii conversion to binary Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980129001339.977B-100000@stumbleinn.dyn.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <19980129155429.18439@lemis.com>
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On Thu, 29 Jan 1998, Greg Lehey wrote: > Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 15:54:29 +1030 > From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> > To: David <dvo264@airmail.net> > Cc: Adam Simpson <adam2@apollo.netsonic.com>, > freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: ascii conversion to binary > > On Wed, Jan 28, 1998 at 11:15:35PM -0600, David wrote: > > On Thu, 29 Jan 1998, Greg Lehey wrote: > > > >> Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 11:39:42 +1030 > >> From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> > >> To: Adam Simpson <adam2@apollo.netsonic.com> > >> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > >> Subject: Re: ascii conversion to binary > >> > >> On Wed, Jan 28, 1998 at 01:59:44PM -0600, Adam Simpson wrote: > >>> If a file is transferred in ascii mode, is there a way to convert it back > >>> to binary?? > >> > >> As others have said, no. > >> > >> There is *never* a reason to transfer files in ASCII. Always choose > >> binary. > > > > I'll let you reset all my HTML codes in the web pages after I transfer > > then in Binary. I'm getting tired of doing it after forgeting to type > > ascii at the prompt. > > Please explain. Binary doesn't change anything. *Serveral* times I have moved a webpage site from one host to another. I used command line FTP, Not a Win95 program such as CUTEFTP or WS_FTP , Each time i've done a mget to pull all the files. As long as I change modes to ascii from binary I can go to the site ( in a browser) after the transfer and nothing has changed as far as the formating of theHTML document. But if I don't change to ASCII and stay in BINARY , Since I just transfered the JPG's and GIF's also, the HTML formating ie.. tabs, Returns, end of lines, any formating I've done will and was wiped out and I had to take the page back into an editor, and reset all the formating codes. Maybe I was doing something wrong but I'm tired of haveing to redo a page every time I don't change to ASCII when i transfer a TEXT file with page formating encoded such as an HTML document. Dave
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