in reply to Text strangeness after using SMB to get a file

I think Paladin is on point with the answer but I have another inquiry: why did you decide to use SMB in the first place? Here is what you said about your solution:

  • The source CSV is on laptops
  • You have a Solaris server that will do the processing
  • You needed to get the files from the laptops to the server

    Why wouldn't you just put a Webserver on the Solaris box and use a CGI Perl script to upload the file and then process it? I mean, from your description your code is going to use SMB to push the file to a server and then connect with Telnet to run a script? What happens when something goes wrong? Will your laptop users know what to do?

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    Re^2: Text strangeness after using SMB to get a file
    by jimbus (Friar) on Sep 11, 2005 at 02:33 UTC

      the CSVs have to be modified and put back were they come from, so its a two way process.

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