On Thu, Jun 27, 2002 at 11:45:21AM -0700, Keith Morse wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 27 Jun 2002, Scott Lockhart wrote:
> 
> > Folks,
> > Due to strict DMZ requirements at a particular client,
> > I am not allowed to ftp UNIX files from one Linux server directly to
> > another.
> > Instead, I have to ftp to a general staging area, copy to a Windows 2000
> > server,
> > burn a CD-ROM, then mount the CD-ROM on my DMZ'd Linux Server.
> > Major pain in the a**!
> 
> If there is any type of network connectivity from the original linux host 
> to the destination, such as ssh, there may be a way to "tunnel" an scp 
> stream.  This will work even if you have to access the "DMZ" from an 
> access host.  I suspec the unix-dos conversion is being done by ftp.
> 
> 
> > When I go to edit the file on my destination Linux server,
> > it is now recognized by "vi" as a DOS file!
> > I suspect this is being done by the CD-ROM burner as far as setting a
> > file format.
> > I have tried specifying an ISO 9660 format for the CD-ROM,
> > but all this does is mess up the file names to the old 8.3 format,
> > and the files themselves still get whacked into a DOS filetype.
> > 
> > How can I convert a file designated as a DOS type, to a UNIX type?
> 
> 
> Another tool to take a look at is cygwin.  In your case, it would need to 
> be installed on the W2K host.  It'll provide you with a shell environment 
> that you get with a linux host.  In that environment you could build an 
> iso that would preserve the file name structure found on the original 
> host.
> 
> 
> 
there is/was a SYSV command, to_unix, that has evolved to
dos2unix in linux.

--fred



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