Gary, Chris, et.al.-
On Tue, 15 Feb 2000, Gary Maltzen wrote:
> As Michael has pointed out, the difference between binary and ASCII
> concerns the different way systems interpret line endings.
Though it arises from multiple, different native text formats, an error
here bites me most frequently in transferring a binary file which is
thereby trashed. Typically I am uploading web content and forget to set
'binary' before sending a PDF. @#$!!
Other binary formats naturally need literal transfer, too.
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