Re: File Transfer: ascii mode missing

[Antonio Vasconcelos - Sistemas]

On Wed, 22 Dec 1999, Ernest Cespedes wrote:

> 
> 
> Trying to transfer ascii files from Windows F-Secure
> (2.0 version) to Solaris 7, but both 'scp2' and 'sftp2'
> are  set to binary transfer mode (8-bit vs. 7-bit for ascii).
> The ascii files get  transferred but all contain the
> ^M characters.

7 bits transfer is not the same as text transfer, while a 7 bits transfer
will reset the bit 7 in every byte, a text transfer will convert between
several text formats (DOS / Unix / Mac / EBCDIC, and so on).

> 
> Looked at help files and talked with DataFellows
> tech support, but apparently ascii transfer is not supported
> in 2.0v.
> 
> Need help and suggestion on how to transfer ascii files
> without having to manually remove the ^M characters.

Use the solaris program 'dos2unix' and 'unix2dos'. Check the man pages
first.

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Antonio Vasconcelos