01-25-2013
Difference between ascii and binary file -
what is the diff between ascii and binary file.
my understand is that..
ascii file - has only line feed - \n in it
where as
binary file - has both line feed and carriage return in it- \r\n
is that correct.
also,what is the ksh command to identify whether it is a binary or ascii file..
when i say
file <filename>, it only says it is a data file.
how do i findout if a file is binary or ascii.
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TFTP(1) BSD General Commands Manual TFTP(1)
NAME
tftp -- trivial file transfer program
SYNOPSIS
tftp [host]
DESCRIPTION
Tftp is the user interface to the Internet TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol), which allows users to transfer files to and from a remote
machine. The remote host may be specified on the command line, in which case tftp uses host as the default host for future transfers (see
the connect command below).
COMMANDS
Once tftp is running, it issues the prompt and recognizes the following commands:
? command-name ...
Print help information.
ascii Shorthand for "mode ascii"
binary Shorthand for "mode binary"
connect host-name [port]
Set the host (and optionally port) for transfers. Note that the TFTP protocol, unlike the FTP protocol, does not maintain connec-
tions betwen transfers; thus, the connect command does not actually create a connection, but merely remembers what host is to be
used for transfers. You do not have to use the connect command; the remote host can be specified as part of the get or put com-
mands.
get filename
get remotename localname
get file1 file2 ... fileN
Get a file or set of files from the specified sources. Source can be in one of two forms: a filename on the remote host, if the
host has already been specified, or a string of the form hosts:filename to specify both a host and filename at the same time. If
the latter form is used, the last hostname specified becomes the default for future transfers.
mode transfer-mode
Set the mode for transfers; transfer-mode may be one of ascii or binary. The default is ascii.
put file
put localfile remotefile
put file1 file2 ... fileN remote-directory
Put a file or set of files to the specified remote file or directory. The destination can be in one of two forms: a filename on the
remote host, if the host has already been specified, or a string of the form hosts:filename to specify both a host and filename at
the same time. If the latter form is used, the hostname specified becomes the default for future transfers. If the remote-direc-
tory form is used, the remote host is assumed to be a UNIX machine.
quit Exit tftp. An end of file also exits.
rexmt retransmission-timeout
Set the per-packet retransmission timeout, in seconds.
status Show current status.
timeout total-transmission-timeout
Set the total transmission timeout, in seconds.
trace Toggle packet tracing.
verbose Toggle verbose mode.
BUGS
Because there is no user-login or validation within the TFTP protocol, the remote site will probably have some sort of file-access restric-
tions in place. The exact methods are specific to each site and therefore difficult to document here.
HISTORY
The tftp command appeared in 4.3BSD.
Linux NetKit (0.17) August 15, 1999 Linux NetKit (0.17)