Images get distorted when uploading via ftp to my linux server...

[Paulson]

I have mandrake 8.1, and when uploading pictures to my ftp server (over my lan) the images get really distorted... (like it didn't transfer right at all)

example

 

[Electrode]

hmm...

perhaps you're transferring in ASCII mode?

 

[DaHitman]

<< hmm...

perhaps you're transferring in ASCII mode? >>



ALWAYS make sure you issue a BIN command in FTP after you login and before you do a GETorPUT.

 

[Buddha Bart]

not always

Text files, config files, html files, should all be ascii.

bart

 

[Paulson]

I am transfering in Binary mode...

that's what's weird...

 

[n0cmonkey]

Try another ftp client or scp.

 

[DaHitman]

<< not always

Text files, config files, html files, should all be ascii.

bart >>



No... it doesnt matter, you can use binary for everything... might be just a tad slower, but it will still be fine.

When in doubt, use binary. Binary mode means you get EXACTLY what was sent. ASCII mode sometime changes <LF> into <CR><LF> and vice versa depending on the originating system and the receiving system. Sometimes this is desirable, sometimes its not...