From: marius@e.co.za (Marius van Wyk) Subject: Re: ftp client corrupts binary files with ^m ?? 5 Aug 1998 16:20:47 -0700 Message-ID: <35cc3ade.926429.cygnus.gnu-win32@intranet.tbs.co.za> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit To: gnu-win32@cygnus.com On Wed, 5 Aug 1998 01:40:57 +1200 (NZST), Andrew Thompson wrote: > I have ftp.exe installed on my system. When I get text files from other > servers ftp works OK but when I set ftp to 'bin' and get a binary file the > file comes out a little larger and (I Think) it has ^m's inserted into the > binary code, hence it does not run. > > Do I need to mount everyting as "text=bin" on my system currently > everyting is text=!bin?? Assume that the ftp was written for a unix machine, and that the author did not bother opening files as binary instead of text, so use bin at all times anyway. DOS's crlf configuration sucks - period > I do not understand how this system translates text files from unix type > to dos type. > Andrew Thompson > > - > For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to > "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help". -- > finger marius@e.co.za for PGP and other info. - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".