Date: Sun, 22 Jun 1997 23:09:06 -0700 (PDT) From: Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu> To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> Cc: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org>, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>, kleon@bellsouth.net, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Handbook - ascii form?? Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970622230509.19045A-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970623013356.265U-100000@Journey2.mat.net>
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On Mon, 23 Jun 1997, Chuck Robey wrote: > OK, there's one problem with that. I think that the ftp server is letting > folks download handbook.ascii as ascii text, which is eating the backspace > keys. Gotta download this as binary! That's right, if it's downloaded as a binary file it retains the ^H etc. formatting codes; otherwise it doesn't. Annelise
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