Ascii VS Binary
I use WS_FTP to upload files. What is the difference b/w ascii & binary? When should I use each type? Will my files be different in any way if I alternate b/w both types?
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I use WS_FTP to upload files. What is the difference b/w ascii & binary? When should I use each type? Will my files be different in any way if I alternate b/w both types?
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http://go.to/hass
Anonymous posted this at 18:13 — 5th December 1999.
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hi lloyd!
you should transfer all text-files or code in ASCII-mode, e.g. PERL-scripts, txt-files. And all binary-files (as the name says) transfer in binary-mode, e.g. images, zip-files, programs and so on. HTML can be transfered in both modes.
If you transfer a file in the wrong mode, it will be corrupted, images are either not displayed or broken and perl-scripts simply won't run
WS_FTP includes an auto-function to choose the correct upload-modes btw.
later
Y-2-Casey posted this at 20:53 — 5th December 1999.
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Well said
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"Computer geeks with attuitude"
Anonymous posted this at 04:33 — 8th December 1999.
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Thanks again Patrick, WS_FTP should add that to their program.
I have also used Absolute FTP ( http://www.vandyke.com ) and had a mysterious problem with it. I entered all ftp info correctly (exact same as used in WS_FTP) and I was given a "Connection Refused" message. What did I do wrong?
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Anonymous posted this at 21:25 — 8th December 1999.
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You may have mis-typed your password. I'm always doing that
Anonymous posted this at 21:28 — 8th December 1999.
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maybe you checked the 'secure-connection'-checkbox? or some other mistakes, but it's very hard to say from here. just give it another try
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