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Neil Winchurst wrote: > I use FireFTP to transfer files to my web site. Being new to all this I > have become a little confused about the best way. > > I can choose between Automatic, Binary or ASCII mode. Sometimes I am > told that certain files must be uploaded in the ASCII mode, sometimes > it is Binary which is a must, sometimes it seems to be left to me. Just leave it on Automatic. FTP allows for 7-bit (text) and 8-bit (binary) transfers. Doing binary files as text tends to break them quite badly and vice versa. FTP's an old standard and a bit quirky. Automatic modes tend to rely on a known list of file extensions to guess and can become confused if you use a lot of weird filetypes or no extensions, not sure about FireFTP though - it might be cleverer. -- Simon Avery -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html