If you set the transfer method to binary, the file is sent as it is, without changing anything. If you set it to ascii, the end of line character is set to lf for Unix/Linux, crlf for Windows, and cr for Mac.
If your FTP program or the FTP library you use is not doing this correctly, this means that it could have a bug because it might not recognize well the operating system and put the correct end of line. But.... transfer the files in binary mode, then change the end of line to be the correct end of line character for your system... if it is not possible otherwise. Teddy, Teddy's Center: http://teddy.fcc.ro/ Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Fleck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 7:41 PM Subject: RE: Preserve line endings via ftp Setting the transfer type to binary didn't work. Reading perldoc Net::FTP did: ASCII is the default type, and indicates that the sender of files will translate the ends of lines to a standard representation which the receiver will then translate back into their local representation. So I kept the unix line endings on the file and ftp'd to the Novell server and the DOS line endings appeared over there. For the record, this worked with both 'binary' and 'ascii' translations. >------------------------------------------------ >On Mon, 4 Aug 2003 10:47:42 -0500, Peter Fleck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Greetings, >> >> I'm using Net::FTP to move a file from a Linux server to a Novell >> server. Before I move the file, I have perl change all the line >> endings from unix-based to DOS-based. The line endings seem to get >> lost during the ftp process and end up as unrecognized characters (at >> least when viewing the text file from my Mac). >> >> Trying to figure out how to change this so I can preserve those endings. > >Try setting the transfer type to binary. There is a 'binary' method... > >http://danconia.org > >-- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Peter Fleck Webmaster | University of Minnesota Cancer Center Dinnaken Office Bldg. 925 Delaware St. SE Minneapolis, MN 55414 612-625-8668 | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | www.cancer.umn.edu Campus Mail: MMC 806 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
