hi everyone-

I need to re-DL slack, because I kind of lost the CDs I had. I have one
problem, though. I've tried using ncftp and regular ftp, but whenever I
use mget * to DL everything in the folders I need, the ascii files are DLed
as binary! All the "already binary" files such asthe packages and stuff are
fine, but the txt files that go with each package and the md5 sum file, etc
are all DLed as binary, so when I go to do a MD5 check on the folders, I
get a fail on every single one of them.
Is there an auto-sense feature on mget to automaticallly see which files are
binary and which are ascii? How can I circumvent this problem?

thanks

-dave

In alt.os.linux.slackware, Dave dared to utter,
> use mget * to DL everything in the folders I need, the ascii files are DLed
> as binary! All the "already binary" files such asthe packages and stuff are
> fine, but the txt files that go with each package and the md5 sum file, etc
> are all DLed as binary, so when I go to do a MD5 check on the folders, I
> get a fail on every single one of them.

I'm not sure why this should matter. An ASCII file is also a binary
file, so there should not be any corruption when downloading an ASCII
file in binary mode. Could you be using a bad mirror or something?

> Is there an auto-sense feature on mget to automaticallly see which files are
> binary and which are ascii? How can I circumvent this problem?

None that I know of.

--
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise,
Than for a man to hear the song of fools.
Ecclesiastes 7:5

"Alan Hicks" <1001298936@carrier.lizella.net> wrote in message
news:slrnc3a256.5vn.1001298936@carrier.lizella.net ...
> In alt.os.linux.slackware, Dave dared to utter,
> > use mget * to DL everything in the folders I need, the ascii files are
DLed
> > as binary! All the "already binary" files such asthe packages and stuff
are
> > fine, but the txt files that go with each package and the md5 sum file,
etc
> > are all DLed as binary, so when I go to do a MD5 check on the folders, I
> > get a fail on every single one of them.
>
> I'm not sure why this should matter. An ASCII file is also a binary
> file, so there should not be any corruption when downloading an ASCII
> file in binary mode. Could you be using a bad mirror or something?

Dave is downloading to a Windoze box. In ASCII mode, the ftp client adds
the CR before the LF when downloading, and strips it back out when
uploading.

> > Is there an auto-sense feature on mget to automaticallly see which files
are
> > binary and which are ascii? How can I circumvent this problem?
>
> None that I know of.
>
I used to use ws_ftp95le, which had a setting for binary, ascii, or
auto. In auto, you had to tell it which filetypes to do ascii, which
you did in a different config pane.

Cheers!
Rich

Dave <davenadel@nj.rr.com> wrote in message news:<Pc6Zb.211395$4F2.29194959@twister.nyc.rr.com >...
> hi everyone-
>
> I need to re-DL slack, because I kind of lost the CDs I had. I have one
> problem, though. I've tried using ncftp and regular ftp, but whenever I
> use mget * to DL everything in the folders I need, the ascii files are DLed
> as binary! All the "already binary" files such asthe packages and stuff are
> fine, but the txt files that go with each package and the md5 sum file, etc
> are all DLed as binary, so when I go to do a MD5 check on the folders, I
> get a fail on every single one of them.
> Is there an auto-sense feature on mget to automaticallly see which files are
> binary and which are ascii? How can I circumvent this problem?
>
> thanks
>
> -dave

How about trying the bittorrent?

skm