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Old 01-15-2009
SFTP in ASCII mode
Hi

Copying a file from Unix (Solaris) to a windows server using sftp. File arrives with carriage returns and line feeds screwed (binary file transfer). Is there a way to get these to copy properly without having to edit or messa about with the file on the windows side. I know with FTP you can set the type of transfer using the ftp commands 'binary' or 'ascii'.

Billy
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Old 01-15-2009
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Copying a file from Unix (Solaris) to a windows server using sftp. File arrives with carriage returns and line feeds screwed (binary file transfer)....
Not quite, nothing to do with binary file transfer...
Dos/windows does not manage the EOL the same way as UNIX does and so there are commands to convert before transfering like dos2ux and ux2dos...

Addendum dos2ux etc.. were for HPUX and some AIX, for SOLARIS you would use dos2unix and unix2dos (look at the man pages...)

All the best
Last edited by vbe; 01-15-2009 at 11:32 AM.. Reason: Addendum...
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Old 01-15-2009
Thanks for reply but the file has the same screwed line ends if I FTP the file having issued the binary commad first. If I FTP it without setting it to binary transfer (ie. default ascii), it copies to dos/windows ok. Is there no way to have sftp transfer in ascii mode.??

I've never heard of ux2dos etc.....wher do they come from..??
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Old 01-15-2009
lus97:/export/home/vbe $ uname -r
5.10
lus97:/export/home/vbe $ whereis unix2dos
unix2dos: /usr/bin/unix2dos /usr/man/man1/unix2dos.1

Look at the man pages...

All the best
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Old 01-15-2009
VBE.....thanks, using unix2dos before sftp transfer and works......
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