use FTP in ASCII mode... it'll auto correct linux to dos and dos to linux
for ya...

Also, check freshmeat.net, they probably have a dos2unix/unix2dos utilities
for linux.  Solaris comes with this utility...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Randy Kramer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 12:57 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [newbie] Converting Text Files between Linux and Dos/Windows
> 
> 
> I'm going to need to transfer text files back and forth between Linux
> and Windows regularly for some period of time.
> 
> I think I've found one way to do it -- using mcopy with the -a (or -t
> ??) option, but I thought I'd ask for other suggestions.  
> 
> I'll start out transferring on floppies (today) but fairly soon use
> smbclient to mount some Windows partitions on my Linux machine.
> 
> Thanks,
> Randy Kramer
> 
> 

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