Re: ASCII or BINARY ??

by "Abhay S. Kushwaha" <abhay(at)kushwaha.com>

Date:	Mon, 19 Feb 2001 15:16:47 +0530
To:	"Basics [HWG]" <hwg-basics(at)hwg.org>
References:	JaySmith
	todo: View Thread, Original

Rule of the thumb for ASCII/BINARY:

If it opens in Notepad (or similar plain text editor) : ASCII
If it doesn't : BINARY

Take a look at C|Net's Glossary [1] for more information. There is a
comparision available at University of Florida's Networked Writing
Environment's Help pages [2] about when and why to use either. I
suggest you go through some sites about FTP [3] as well.

[1] http://www.cnet.com/Resources/Info/Glossary/Terms/binarymode.html
[2] http://web.nwe.ufl.edu/writing/help/remote/ftp/binary_ascii.html
[3] http://www.google.com/search?q=FTP+Tutorial

HTH
[abhay]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jay Smith" <jay(at)JaySmith.com>
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 8:54 AM

...
> I use an FTP product that is always asking me if I want to
> upload (to my ISP for use on our web site) my files in
> ASCII (plain text) or BINARY format.
...
> When should one use which one???
...

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