Re: Very basic FTP question

Christoph Scheurer schreef:
Nicola Attico schrieb:
Hi,

I'm transferring a file from linux to windows
ftp server is on linux (Linux DEMO3 2.4.18-14 #1 Wed Sep 4 13:35:50
EDT 2002 i686) and I use ftp client on windows
My file is called test.txt and I put in it:

hello
world

If I transfer the file in BINARY mode on windows I get:

hello□world□

If I transfer the file in ASCII mode I get...

hello□world□

..exactly the same

If I understand correctly, the only purpose of ASCII transfer is to re-
interpret the newline character depending on the platform

So I assume that ASCII transfer is not working correctly

am I correct?
is it a bug?
how can I make it work?

For the moment, I'm solving the issue running the unix2dos utility on
my windows box

I hope this is the right place for this question, otherwise thanks to
redirect me

Ciao,

Nicola Attico

Running unix2dos to read textfiles on windows, that were written
under linux is the ONLY way. Unix ( and so also Linux ) use only a
Newline to mark the end of a line, while Windows needs a
Return+Newline on the end of a line.
It has NOTHING to do with which ftp-client or which ftp-mode a
textfile is transfered, the result will allways be the same.

Greets
Chris

Not true.

Using FileZila 2.2 on Windows and the standard FTP server from Debian Sarge gives:

using Binary transfer type:
hello□world□□

using ASCII transfer type:
hello
world

My advise is to try a different FTP client.

--
Max

Open Source is an ode to common sense
.

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