Re: Downloaded Files

[johnlb@primenet.com (John Bowling)]

In article <152041196-970213060500@rook.wa.com>,
Brian Hammack <brian.hammack@rook.wa.com> wrote:
> Jharbi@osprey.Unf.Edu spewed forth:
>
> JUE(| Ok.....I must be stupid but I'm stuck....
>
>Nah...  Below I am assuming you're using ProTerm's Zmodem to xfer.
>
>     | them great....my problem is with the .SHK/.SDK files....when I
>     | get them to my GS they come over as TXT files....when I try to
>
>Could be that since they're on your disk as TXT that they are being
>_sent_ as TXT.  There's a difference between Zmodem-Text and Zmodem-Bin.
>Try setting the auto-filetype in Misc:Prefs:Xfers:Zmodem to BIN and the
>only trouble you will have (or that I've seen) is when you download what
>is supposed to be text, it'll be a BIN on your disk (and you can change
>the filetype back to TXT when you want to view them).
>
>If you're not using ProTerm or xfering by Zmodem, then I don't know.

When using ZModem, you can use the -A option (for text files) with the SZ
command at the source end of the link.  Don't use any option for binary
files.  The result on the recieving end with be proper binary and text
files that both work properly with the GS (no text files with CRLF, LF or
other weird end of line marks -- just the A2 CR only).

This is with upload options set for txt/bny on ProTerm.

John

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