Re: transferring file in binary mode

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> Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 13:10:20 -0600 (CST)
> From: "Jeremy C. Reed" <reed@...>
> To: kknegi <kishore-singh.negi@...>
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> Subject: Re: transferring file in binary mode
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> > we are using OPenSSH version of  "3.7.1p1" for remote execution between unix
> > and windows.
> >
> > here we are using SFTP for transferring files from windows to unix box.
> >
> > But the files which gets transferred to unix side contains junk characters
> > as there is no provision of binary transmission in sftp.
>
> I think you have this opposite. It is always transferred in binary as
> there is not any "ascii" conversion (like in ftp clients).
>
> > can anyone help us in this regard as how to eradicate the junk char while
> > transmission of files.
>
> Search for dos2unix or use perl or awk or tr or sed. Google can quickly
> find examples:
> http://kb.iu.edu/data/acux.htm
> http://www.vasudevaservice.com/documentation/how-to/converting_dos_and_unix_text_files
>
> If that is not what you are referring to, please provide some more details
> or examples.
>
> (By the way, it seems like this list is way slow for me. Sometimes I don't
> see emails for days.)