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From: tadguy@abcfd01.larc.nasa.gov (Tad Guy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: comp.sources.amiga article history to date
Message-ID: <TADGUY.90Jul9163456@abcfd17.larc.nasa.gov>
Date: 9 Jul 90 20:34:56 GMT
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In-reply-to: langlo@ireq.hydro.qc.ca's message of 9 Jul 90 16:36:40 GMT

In article <2041@s3.ireq.hydro.qc.ca> langlo@ireq.hydro.qc.ca (Luc Langlois 8159) writes:
> I'm trying to ftp from the /usenet/comp.sources.amiga at xanth.cs.odu.edu.
>
> ftp> get part06.Z
> 550 part06.Z: Probably a BINARY file.  Perhaps you should set TYPE I first.
>
> 	Problem is ftp doesn't seem to recognize type I.

Try the ``binary'' command.  

You'll note that the response is ``Type set to I''.

If you don't use the binary command, you wouldn't be able to use the
file -- it would be corrupted.

	...tad