in reply to Re: running scripts in Mac OS 10.4
in thread running scripts in Mac OS 10.4
FTP in binary mode does not mangle your line-endings. This mode does not even have a concept of what line endings are. It will keep everything "as is" and if the line-endings happen to be wrong for your kind of OS, they will simply remain wrong.
On the other hand, ASCII mode will try to "translate" the wrong line endings to what your box expects (actually the sender translates the data into a common 8-bit ASCII format with line endings being <CRLF> or <NL> and the receiver will translate this data in its internal format - read all about it here). Whether that is a good thing is something what remains to be seen.
CountZero
A program should be light and agile, its subroutines connected like a string of pearls. The spirit and intent of the program should be retained throughout. There should be neither too little or too much, neither needless loops nor useless variables, neither lack of structure nor overwhelming rigidity." - The Tao of Programming, 4.1 - Geoffrey James
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