How do I get copied files to stay the same size
(i.e. to go black?!)
- Beyond Compare 2 (recent download, trial version v 2.4.3 build243)
- Windows XP (SP2)
- Linux
Hi
HELP!
(Sorry for the newbie question but)
I am copying HTML files from Linux to Windows.
How do I get them to stay the same file-size?
Very strangely, in SOME directories, when I copy
the files over they stay the same size, [and hence
go black!] whereas in OTHER directories when I do
EXACTLY the same thing and copy a file over,
they go to DIFFERENT file sizes - and hence stay
RED! And this happens even if I delete all files
in the receiving directory...
AH-HA - I have just discovered that if I FORCE all
FTP transfers to happen in BINARY rather than ASCII
that this seems to keep the files the same size!
It there any problem with copying in BINARY
- because I note that this does not appear to be
the default...
If I cant keep files the same size, maybe I could get
Beyond Compare to ignore file size(??)
With thanks
Ship
Shiperton Henethe
(i.e. to go black?!)
- Beyond Compare 2 (recent download, trial version v 2.4.3 build243)
- Windows XP (SP2)
- Linux
Hi
HELP!
(Sorry for the newbie question but)
I am copying HTML files from Linux to Windows.
How do I get them to stay the same file-size?
Very strangely, in SOME directories, when I copy
the files over they stay the same size, [and hence
go black!] whereas in OTHER directories when I do
EXACTLY the same thing and copy a file over,
they go to DIFFERENT file sizes - and hence stay
RED! And this happens even if I delete all files
in the receiving directory...
AH-HA - I have just discovered that if I FORCE all
FTP transfers to happen in BINARY rather than ASCII
that this seems to keep the files the same size!
It there any problem with copying in BINARY
- because I note that this does not appear to be
the default...
If I cant keep files the same size, maybe I could get
Beyond Compare to ignore file size(??)
With thanks
Ship
Shiperton Henethe
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