Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!maverick.ksu.ksu.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!midway!valley From: valley@uchicago (Doug Dougherty) Subject: Re: tenex vs. binary (was: Re: GARBO.UWASA.FI) Message-ID: Keywords: ftp Sender: news@midway.uchicago.edu (News Administrator) Organization: University of Chicago References: <12011@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu> <1991Mar19.110958.17619@uwasa.fi> <3067@bimacs.BITNET> <1991Mar19.203443.21165@agate.berkeley.edu> <6978@spdcc.SPDCC.COM> <1991Mar20.045439.11391@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au> <5472@vela.acs.oakland.edu> Date: 20 Mar 91 19:19:53 GMT w8sdz@rigel.acs.oakland.edu (Keith Petersen) writes: >rcotl@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au (Tim Liddelow [The Mad Monk]) writes: >> Transfers from simtel-20 in binary mode work fine here. >That's because about six months ago SIMTEL20 modified the TOPS-20 FTP >server so that when a user requests binary mode the server uses tenex >mode for binary files and transfers text files as-is with CRLF end of >lines. This means that if you use binary mode to get all files they >will be received in a form that's MS-DOS compatible, whether they be >ARCs, ZIPs, or text files. >If you use tenex mode the binary files will transfer ok but the text >files will be received as garbage. If you have questions about this, >please send email to: Action@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL So, the net result of this is that you should never user tenex, right? (I had noticed as well that binary seemed to work just fine. In fact, I set binary everywhere, and I just wish it were the default for FTP)