Re: FTP: ASCII or BINARY ??

At 10:24 PM 2/18/01 -0500, Jay Smith wrote:
>Hi,
>
>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.
>
>Right or wrong, I have always used BINARY because once upon a time
>someone told me that is what I wanted to do.  Everything has been
>working just fine.
>
>Recently, however, I read a magazine snippet in which the author
>indicated that something (I don't remember what) must be uploaded in
>ASCII format.
>
>When should one use which one???

Usually I upload text files and CGI stuff as ASCII and everything else as 
BINARY. CGI scripts and accompanying files are usually always uploaded in 
ASCII or they won't work.


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