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Old 12-18-2008
How to find whether a file is transferred thro bin or ascii mode?
Hi Gurus,

I need to find out, if i have transferred a file from ftp thro bin mode or ascii mode. Say if i have a file called "dec.sh"( u shuld normally transfer thro ascii mode). How can i find out that dec.sh is tranferred from ftp server thro ascii mode or bin mode?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.
Ashok_oct22
# 2  
Old 12-20-2008
Am giving it a try.

That should be possible with newline feeds. Transferring file in binary mode will not change the linefeeds whereas in ascii feed it will be modified.

I might be wrong Smilie
# 3  
Old 12-21-2008
On opening the file from ftp server if you could find extra characters (square shaped) appended all over the file . U can assume that the transfer mode is ASCII.. and if not then Binary ..
Binary is the preferred mode of file transfer
# 4  
Old 12-22-2008
Hi All,

My question is that how to find whether a file has been transferred from ftp server to unix box thro ascii mode or binary mode? I know there is some no logic behind line feeds.

Sorry as i was not clear in my earlier questionSmilie.
Ashok_oct22
# 5  
Old 12-22-2008
Hi Ultimatix,

I checked the the file the way you said and it worked right. I now need to know the file transferred from ftp to unix has been transferred thro bin or ascii mode?
Ashok_oct22
# 6  
Old 12-22-2008
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Originally Posted by Ashok_oct22
Hi Ultimatix,

I checked the the file the way you said and it worked right. I now need to know the file transferred from ftp to unix has been transferred thro bin or ascii mode?
Isn't that the same question what you have asked earlier ? Smilie
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Old 12-22-2008
Hi,

The solution ultimatix gave is for the file transferred from linux box to ftp server. I opened the file after transferring thro both bin and ascii and i culd find the difference(square shape at the end of the file). But how can i know if the file is transferred "From ftp to linux box thro bin or ascii mode"?

Sorry if am not clear in my previous postsSmilie
Ashok_oct22
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