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Old 02-15-2008
transfer word document using ftp,sftp
Hello All,

I want to transfer some world documents from solaris server to my local PC. using FTP i can not see the content of the files. Pls. tell me some other alternative (as sftp - i have tried with sftp ip_address which is not working) .
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Old 02-15-2008
Are you using BINARY Mode to transfer the file to your PC?
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Old 02-15-2008
No I am using ASCII mode
No I am using ASCII mode
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Old 02-17-2008
For anything other than plain text files, use binary transfer. Ascii mode is only for acsii files and will translate characters between the two systems - not good for formatted files like word docs.
 
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