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From: jbn@glacier.STANFORD.EDU (John B. Nagle)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: TENEX mode
Message-ID: <18093@glacier.STANFORD.EDU>
Date: 11 Feb 89 17:43:09 GMT
References: <WANCHO.12469460754.BABYL@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL>
Reply-To: jbn@glacier.UUCP (John B. Nagle)
Organization: Stanford University
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In article <WANCHO.12469460754.BABYL@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL> WANCHO@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL ("Frank J. Wancho") writes:
>
>    (I'd be more in favor of dropping TENEX mode from FTP.)
>
       We used to call this ("TYPE L 8") "byte" mode in an implementation of
FTP that I controlled.  Unfortunately, "Tenex" has been enshrined in too
much software.  But I would suggest that "byte" be implemented as an alternate
name for the mode.

       Incidentally, remember, FTP client implementors, when doing directory 
operations, always switch back to ASCII mode for the directory transfer if 
you're in some other mode.

					John Nagle