Re: [MLUG] ascii mode in sftp

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Thu, 3 May 2001, Michael wrote:

> Not to sound stupid but why on earth would you want ascii mode in this
> day and age? It's easy enough to convert line endings with other tools
> if that is all you are trying to do.

What has happened in recent years to make ascii mode less useful?  It's
simple:  Instead of converting all files after transfer (an extra step, or
many steps if the files have all very different names), just type 'ascii'
and then transfer.  Isn't that better and easier?

The fact that it can be done some other way is little consolation.  We
have many users who are used to ftp and understand ascii/binary modes.  I
don't want to teach them about CR/LF translation and I don't want to train
them on other programs.

The need for ascii mode will not go away until all OSs work with CR/LF the
same way (or all programs autoconvert to the standard of the OS) and we
don't need to translate anymore.  If we have that, then I'm fine with
binary mode for plain text transfers.

Mike

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