acs17111@uop.edu (Mohd H. Misnan) (09/24/90)
Can someone help me in downloading a file from cica.cica.indiana.edu. I did it before but when I tried to download it to my PC (I am using Kermit protocol), it showed me that it is in TEXT file and not in Binary as I thought. Do I need to change to binary in Ftp> before I download any zip or arc program from cica.cica.indiana.edu. May be this question had been asked by so many user but I didn't see the reply posted. If someone can posted it in this newsgroup, it will be great. Anyway, thanks in advance for helping me out. Hamid ---->acs17111.uop.uop.edu ---->hamid@madvax.uop.edu
ayman@zip.eecs.umich.edu (Ayman Kayssi) (09/25/90)
Yes indeed, for files that end with .zip, .arc, .zoo, .exe
and so on, you need to set the file type to binary using
>set file type binary
and by using the Receive Binary File in Terminal, or whichever
communications program you are using.
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If you are using anonymous ftp, then use ftp> binary instead of the kermit command of my previous post. -- ============================================================================== = Ayman Issam Kayssi = Email: = = Advanced Computer Architecture Lab. = ayman@caen.engin.umich.edu = = EECS Dept., Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor = ayman@eecs.umich.edu =
palm@admin.kth.se (Christer Palm) (09/25/90)
In article <26fd3970.27e2@uop.uop.edu> acs17111@uop.edu (Mohd H. Misnan) writes: > > that it is in TEXT file and not in Binary as I thought. Do I > need to change to binary in Ftp> before I download any zip or Yes as long as you don't download textfiles you has to change to binary in Ftp just write "set binary" at the Ftp prompt. Programs ar not textfiles, sourcecode is but it's not a program. /Christer