[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: byte counts differ



On Thu, Mar 14, 2002 at 07:05:18PM -0700, Kevin wrote:
> I'm uploading from Linux to an IIS FTP.  After the file is sent, if I
> check the byte count on the remote side and the byte count on the
> local side they differ slightly.  Anyone know why this is?

DOS-like systems use a pair of characters for  end-of-line, UNIX-like
systems use a single character. When you transfer a file between DOS and
UNIX using ASCII mode, the end-of-line characters are "fixed."

-- 
Jacob Elder
http://www.lucidpark.net/



Reply to: