Re: binary or ASCii Transfers?

[allan deleon <allan@instantsoft.com>]

tar and gzip the whole site then transfer in binary mode... =)

i.e. tar cvf MySite.tar /path/to/root/of/my/site
gzip MySite.tar

then transfer in binary mode...



Heritage House '76 wrote:

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> Dear Group:
>
> This is an elementary question, but important to me.  I am FTPing a
> complete copy of my site from the server to my hard drive as a backup (I
> did not originally post the site.)
>
> Can all files be transfered binary, or do I have to specify the transfer
> method according to file type.  I am most worried about getting good copies
> of the minivend main .pm and .pl types.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Mike Monahan
> mike@cybertrails.com
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