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From: lriggins@blackbird.afit.af.mil (L. Maurice Riggins)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: File transfer from Mac to Unix via VersaTerm-Pro
Summary: Word-Processing vs Text Files
Message-ID: <1854@blackbird.afit.af.mil>
Date: 10 Jan 91 14:47:48 GMT
References: <17460@brahms.udel.edu>
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In article <17460@brahms.udel.edu> dulei@brahms.udel.edu (Du Lei) writes:
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|Hello everybody out there !
|I have a question concerning file transfer and I would like to get some
|professional advice. I am using VersaTrem-Pro program on the Mac to communicate
|with mainframe Unix and I can download text files with no problem.  The files
|transfered to Mac is set to be MSWord file automatically, but it has a little
|different icon than the "real" Word files.  And when I tried to upload the files
|created by Word back to Unix, the VersaTerm program would not list it as one
|of the existing files that can be transfered.  I don't understand this
|phenomenon. Any response on the newsnetowrk or thru email is greatly appreciated

The different icons represent a TEXT file as opposed to a Word word-processing
document that has margins, formats, etc.  When you want to send a file to the
UNIX box, make sure you save it as TEXT (no binary formatting codes, etc).

You'll get more help on Mac-unique problems in comp.sys.mac.comm.

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