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From: rick@seismo.CSS.GOV (Rick Adams)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.sources.wanted
Subject: Re: Compressed files in uunet.uu.net
Message-ID: <44227@beno.seismo.CSS.GOV>
Date: 22 Jan 88 20:21:59 GMT
References: <304@pasteur.Berkeley.Edu>
Organization: Center for Seismic Studies, Arlington, VA
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Summary: monthly answer

Compressed files are binary files.

If you want to ftp binary files, you must specify the "binary" option
to ftp.

---rick