system@hlthnt.UUCP (Steve Ginn ) (01/14/91)
Can anyone tell me if it is possible to FTP a binary file using stream mode rather than binary mode ? I have actually transferred the files via FTP using this method but after I download them using Kermit, from my shell account to my remote PC, the files seem to have gotten corrupted. If this is what should happen (meaning the files shouldn't be transferred using stream), are there any utilities (such as brik for uuencoded files missing a CRC, etc.) which could be used to reformat the file into the proper format due to it being changed by the stream transfer? Thanks, Steve Ginn E-mail: ...bbx.basis.com!hlthnt!postmaster
madecorp@dsacng1.dsac.dla.mil (Made Corp) (01/14/91)
My organization "compresses" files using "zoo". The compressed "zoo" files are in binary form. Attempts to transmit files without setting type to binary (i.e. type binary) has resulted in the transmission of "corrupted" zoo files. This does not happen with every transmission. I have observed transmissions, and the quality of the transmission lines seems to have an effect on the transmitted file. Whenever I transmit binary files, I set type to binary, and I have very few problems.