>
> Hi,
>
> I'm new to this mailing list. I just began using curl (v
> 652). I tried to
> upload on a ftp server with this command line but the upload
> appears to be
> in ascii mode. How can I force the binary mode?
> And same thing with download from a ftp server. I use the
> fllowing command:
> curl652 -u l:p -c -o local_file ftp://DISTANT_server_file
> When I do this, is the transfert in binary mode? If not, how
> to tranfer a
> file in binary mode?

Have you tried a new one yet? (there have been some issues with ascii/binary
around
that version.)

>
> And another thing, the files I've already downloaded are very
> big and I'd
> like to try not to download them again. Is there a way to
> convert the file
> to appear the samed way as if I'd used the binary transfer mode?
YMMV,

what happens with ascii mode is:

for UNIX: every \n (line feed) is replaced by \r\n (Carriage Return & Linefeed)
                on transmit & receive.

for DOS: nothing done, (line ends are allready \r\n)

for WINNT: the same.

for VMS: depending on the fileformat used
                if the files are non-'stream lf' that \r\n is appended to
                        each line, on transmit (records are remembered by line
size then,
                        the file layout is recorded in the header)
                with 'stream lf' files it's the same as with UNIX.

for TANDEM: ascii is a bit like VMS, but the on disk structure is radically
different.

to answer the question: where does it come from and where does it go to.
Allways: is something is send binary and received ascii or send ascii & recieved
binary
        data get screwed see above for how.
Send binaries in ascii mode might also get screwed. (depending on the precense
of \r,\n and or \r\n-pairs in the stream and depending on how the handling of
these characters is done:
kill any \r in the stream or
kill any character before \n or
check for \r\n pairs and then remove the \r...

UNIX <-> UNIX binary & text layout are the same. There is only the transfer
method.
if you allways use binary for unix -> unix transfer there should be no problems.

DOS/WIN <-> DOS/WIN internaly the same. (Using binary for text files from
DOS/WIN to
a likewise system will work)

VMS <-> VMS well YMMV (part of the filestructure is recorded in the file
heading, which
can be sent using private VMS FTP Server commands. Using VMS FTP Client/Server a
different
 transfer method (Image) vs. Binary&ASCII is used, then the file header&data are
both sent.).

TANDEM <-> TANDEM YMMV (depends on existing files)
>
> Thanks
> Fred
>
regards,
Nico Baggus

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