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Article #40658Re: FTP'ing files
From: F S Taylor
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 1990 16:13
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 1990 16:13
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In article <9002070806.AA13282@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> S54394GR@ETSUACAD.BITNET (Robert Gambs) writes: > I am new to the FTP system and was wondering if someone could give me some > help. All the files I have tried to download have gone bad. when I try to > unARC them, they give me a 'bad header' error. Can someone with experience > in this area help me? Well, when a file is ARCed it turns it from whatever format it was in into binary format (ie. requiring all 8 bits in a byte). ftp, by default, transfers ASCII which is only 7 bit data and it will do conversions on things like 'end of line' characters etc. To stop it doing all this you need to type: ftp> binary at the ftp prompt. This allows any kind of data to get through without change. I hope this works for you. > Thanks, Thats ok, > Robert Gambs > (S54394GR at ETSUACAD) Frank. | Frank Taylor - HADES Group - DoC - Imperial College - London | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | JANET Mail : zmacu06@doc.ic.ac.uk |
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!mcsun!ukc!icdoc!gould!zmacu06 From: zmacu06@doc.ic.ac.uk (F S Taylor) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: FTP'ing files Message-ID: <ZMACU06.90Feb8161351@tsun10.doc.ic.ac.uk> Date: 8 Feb 90 16:13:50 GMT References: <9002070806.AA13282@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Sender: news@doc.ic.ac.uk Organization: DoC, Imperial College, London SW7, UK. Lines: 32 In-reply-to: S54394GR@ETSUACAD.BITNET's message of 6 Feb 90 16:58:17 GMT