From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from 24-148-111-2.ip.mhcable.com ([24.148.111.2] helo=smtp.mhcable.com) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1CDA6J-0003GY-00 for ; Thu, 30 Sep 2004 19:12:39 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by deliver.mhcable.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1DFADE71E9 for ; Thu, 30 Sep 2004 15:04:32 -0400 (EDT) Received: from smtp.mhcable.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (VaMailArmor-2.0.1.16) id 05758-42593472; Thu, 30 Sep 2004 15:04:32 -0400 Received: from sent.com (24-105-197-112.cm.mhcable.com [24.105.197.112]) by smtp.mhcable.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3A21E71E9 for ; Thu, 30 Sep 2004 15:04:31 -0400 (EDT) Received: from sent.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sent.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i8UNCcg7008374 for ; Thu, 30 Sep 2004 19:12:38 -0400 Received: from localhost (chuckh@localhost) by sent.com (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) with ESMTP id i8UNCcuf008371 for ; Thu, 30 Sep 2004 19:12:38 -0400 Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 19:12:38 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Hallenbeck To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <20040928003402.GD25684@romuald.net.eu.org> <20040930063526.GA2263@lnx3.holmesgrown.com> X-OpenPGP-Fingerprint: 0C589180D4496F1544BAB4308355D1BC33DC7DB46 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-AntiVirus: checked by Vexira MailArmor (version: 2.0.1.16; VAE: 6.27.0.12; VDF: 6.27.0.80; host: smtp.mhcable.com) Subject: Re: Linux and data storage? X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 23:12:39 -0000 Exactly my point. Those are the booby traps I referred to. They are all anachronistic gestures to the MS world. The strategy for Linux users who wonder when to use "ascii" (AKA "text") modes, is a resounding NEVER! On Thu, 30 Sep 2004, Adam Myrow wrote: > Really? FTP still has ASCII mode and binary mode. Furthermore, depending on > which version of Unix or Linux you use, the default will be different. For > example, Solaris 8 and earlier defaulted to ASCII mode when you connected to > another machine with FTP. Solaris 9 and later default to binary mode. > Thankfully, ncftp seems to have always defaulted to binary mode. Then, when > you have to read a file produced in Windows or DOS, you might have to convert > the end-of-line characters. All of this would be a non-issue if everybody > would agree on the same end-of-line convention, but there seems to be this > notion that making things incompatible will ensure that nobody will switch > from one OS to another. > -- The Moon is Waning Gibbous (94% of Full) Home page at http://www.mhcable.com/~chuckh Speakfreely address 24.105.197.112:2074