From: jam at newimage.com (jam)
Date: Sat, 15 May 1999 10:56:50 -0400
Subject: help - ftplib
In-Reply-To: <7hju1e$2bs$1@nnrp1.deja.com>; from gony@my-dejanews.com on Sat, May 15, 1999 at 01:49:34PM +0000
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On Sat, May 15, 1999 at 01:49:34PM +0000, gony at my-dejanews.com wrote:
> 
> transfering files????
> 
> all i can find in the documentation is stuff about binary transfers
> which doesn't mean a hell of alot to me.
> 
> I need to be able to use the ftp module to transfer a specifed file from
> my comp to the server and also retrieve files from the server.
> 
> any help anyone could give me would be most appreciated
> 

greetings,

the documentation is referring to 'binary file transfers' to differentiate
them from 'ascii file transfers'. 

you can do a 'binary' file transfer of any type of file-- the 'binary' means
that it saves the file unchanged (without the 8th bit stripped), this means
you can transfer *anything* (pdf, html, text, windows binaries, linux
binaries, zip files, tar files, etc etc). have a look at the docs, and try
it out.. substitute your own URL in the examples, and see if you can make
it work.

if you post code, this newsgroup is *great* for getting help from the
community. 

give it a shot. ;)

regards,
J
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