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Old 06-04-2007
file size in bytes is different in ftp and local pc
Hi
how can it be that say i have text (xls) file that is 661 bytes when i upload it to Solaris ftp its becomes 650 byes
and when i downloading it back its again 661 bytes
both in my local pc and Solaris ftp the file remains not corrupted and valid
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Old 06-04-2007
cksum
Hi,
I am just curious to know the checksum of the two files,

Code:
cksum <file1> <file2>

Thanks
Nagarajan Ganesan.
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Old 06-04-2007
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Originally Posted by umen
Hi
how can it be that say i have text (xls) file that is 661 bytes when i upload it to Solaris ftp its becomes 650 byes
and when i downloading it back its again 661 bytes
both in my local pc and Solaris ftp the file remains not corrupted and valid
in unix, the line terminator is a \n (Line feed)

in microsoft - the line terminator in \r\n (carriage return line feed)

Bet your file as 11 lines it it. The difference is the extra character that is added in the conversion from unix to dos type ascii files.

Transfer in binary if you want the same file size. But may not be usable in some dos applications.
 
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