From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Guido Roeskens To: Andrew Thompson Cc: gnu-win32@cygnus.com Subject: Re: ftp client corrupts binary files with ^m ?? Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 03:36:00 -0000 Message-id: <35C83670.2D6BD808@bluewin.ch> References: X-SW-Source: 1998-08/msg00063.html Andrew Thompson wrote: > I have ftp.exe installed on my system. When I get text files from other > servers ftp works OK but when I set ftp to 'bin' and get a binary file the > file comes out a little larger and (I Think) it has ^m's inserted into the > binary code, hence it does not run. > > Do I need to mount everyting as "text=bin" on my system currently > everyting is text=!bin?? > > I do not understand how this system translates text files from unix type > to dos type. > > Andrew Thompson When ftp starts up it is in text (ascii) mode which does EOL conversion("End-of Line" gets converted from 'LF' on Unix to 'CRLF' on DOS) You have to change the transfer type to binary mode: Simply type "bin" as an abbreviation for "binary". You can check the transfer type set with "type" or with "status". BTW: For help with ftp type "help" or "help "Guido - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".