ftp binary mode

[Earnie Boyd]

The CYGWIN32 environment variable must have "binmode" in the list of
values.

The filesystems must be mounted as "text=binary"

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---Ian Collins <Ian@kiwiplan.co.nz> wrote:
>
> Does binary mode work in gnu ftp?
> I say this as I copy a tar file that I know is OK from a Unix
machine to
> my gnu win32 server and it says it is not a valid tar file.
> Yet if I ftp it using, for example, wsftp, then the tar file untar ok.
> 
> Ian Collins. 
> KIWIPLAN NZ.
> 
> 

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