ASCII mode FTP (was RE: Fw: error)

[Kenneth Brody]

Quoting Bob Rasmussen (Fri, 12 Jan 2007 07:32:29 -0800 (PST)):

> On Fri, 12 Jan 2007, Kenneth Brody wrote:
[...]
> > As for Ctrl-Z, believe it or not, Windows itself still treats that
> > as an EOF in text mode.  Try copying a PCL file to a printer using
> > the "copy filename lpt1" format, and the file will be truncated at
> > the first Ctrl-Z it encounters.  You need "copy /b filename lpt1"
[...]
> You've got a point. I suppose one could argue that COPY and TYPE are
> DOS commands, and maintain compatibility with the past.

True.  Sending such a file via Windows' ftp ascii mode does not stop
at the Ctrl-Z, so your handling appears to be the same as the Windows
ftp client.

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