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Key: FTAM-16
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Legacy Issue Number: 4208
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Status: closed
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Source: DSTC ( Ted McFadden)
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Summary:
ftam/ftp issue: binary vs text file transfer
--------------------------------------------Both FTP and FTAM make distinctions between text and binary files and
use <CR><LF> newline encoding for text file transfer. FTAM has
provision for identifying text or binary files by the FTAM type
(FTAM1,FTAM2...) whereas FTP requires the client and server to
somehow ascertain the file type before transfering as either text or
binary.It also appears that depending on the real filestore implementation,
an FTAM responder may not always be able to authoritatively determine
a file's type unless it has been explicitly set by a user.Having said that, does the ftam/ftp idl need to allow for text/binary
transfer in the transfer, append, and insert operations? Or for the
purposes of this specification are all transfers to be considered
binary?Requested Action: Some words in the specification about text vs.
binary files. -
Reported: FTAM 1.0b1 — Tue, 20 Feb 2001 05:00 GMT
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Disposition: Resolved — FTAM 1.0
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Disposition Summary:
Treat all file transfers as binary.
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Updated: Fri, 6 Mar 2015 21:48 GMT