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From: ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: what does ascii ftp do to a binary file?
Message-ID: <1990Dec7.094501.9996@uwasa.fi>
Date: 7 Dec 90 09:45:01 GMT
References: <1990Dec6.194811.7643@nntp-server.caltech.edu>
Organization: University of Vaasa
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In article <1990Dec6.194811.7643@nntp-server.caltech.edu> gwoho@nntp-server.caltech.edu (g liu) writes:
>what happends  to a binary file when it is sent by ftp in ascii mode?
>it seems to me that some bytes are removed, and that's all. what exacly
>happens? (i am interested in fixing some files send wrong)

Let me make an obvious suggestion.  Use any suitable filedump
program to compare a file sent as binary and as ascii.  That way you
can be sure on the answer on your own configuration. 

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