Core FTP

Thanks, CP.

- David

When I click on a download link on a web page (for an FTP site file), I.E. pops up a dialog box asking whether or not I want to use CoreFTP. If I say to NOT use CoreFTP, I get to change the filename and select the destination client file directory, and I get a progress bar. If I say to use CoreFTP, ...

I used the tool at netcraft.com to check on my server's OS. According to that utility, home.comcast.net is running "Solaris 8". As I mentioned previously, binary transfers work fine in both direction, even if the file is edited on the server with the host-based text editor, and/or on my wo...

Binary works fine, in both directions. '0d 0a' newline sequences are preserved.

I will send you a transmission log that contains both ASCII and binary transmissions.

- David

CP, If I create a file with the host editor, and transfer it from the host to my client workstation in BINARY mode, the line delimiter sequence is hex '0d 0a'. That is the correct newline sequence, because the host (per Comcast customer support) is Windows rather than Unix. If I transfer the exact s...

I did get hold of a knowlegable Comcast person.

Their host server is Windows, not Unix, which explains the CR LF.

Should an FTP ASCII transfer function be able to detect the CR LF (or perhaps the OS) and treat it accordingly?

- David

CP, I just tried the binary transfer test. Files created with the host editor come across with a hex '0d 0a' sequence. Therefore, it appears that the ascii transfer is converting '0d 0a' to '0d 0d 0a'. I can only speculate why they might be implementing it as such. Perhaps it is so that a Window-bas...

ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS: (1) For completeness of testing, I created a brand new file using the host text editor. I transferred it to my client and viewed it in hex. The line separator is hex '0d 0d 0a'. (2) If I bring up the web page (the file that we are discussing) via its host URL in a web brow...

CP, Thanks for your excellent support, especially for a free product!!! I found a hex editor, so I can now tell you exactly what is going on. (1) Original file, created in NotePad, contains hex '0d 0a' for new lines. (2) Original file, transferred to host, viewed via host text editor (but not saved)...

Thanks for your efforts and your willingness to help. I found the culprit. It is the host-based text editor that is removing CRs. The files only exhibited the NotePad problem if I had saved them at least once directly on the host, using the host-based text editor. Apparently, the CRs are not needed ...

I forgot to mention that, per your suggestion, I did check the ASCII Extensions list, and ".html" was in there.

I also checked the transmission logs, and all of the transfers said "Opening ASCII connection".

- David

Thanks for the suggestions. Unfortunately, the problem still not solved. I dug a little deeper. Here is what I know so far. - I am running under Windows 2000 Pro. - If I create a text file (.html) on my client with NotePad, and I view it in NotePad, all line spacing appears normal. If I change it, s...

I just installed CoreFTP-lite for the first time, and I am trying to edit a file that is on a host. I set up my file associations to use notepad.exe for .html files. When I click on the file and select edt, I do get the file in NotePad. However, when I save it, I have lost all linefeed and return ch...