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11.6 File transfer parameters
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The FTP specification includes many parameters which may affect a file
transfer.  The type may be one of 'ascii', 'image' (binary), 'ebcdic',
and 'local' byte size (for PDP-10's and PDP-20's mostly).  'ftp'
supports the 'ascii' and 'image' types of file transfer, plus local byte
size 8 for tenex mode transfers.

   'ftp' supports only the default values for the remaining file
transfer parameters: 'mode', 'form', and 'struct'.

   An error in the treatment of carriage returns in the 4.2BSD
ascii-mode transfer code has been corrected by the present
implementation.  This correction may result in corrupt transfers of
binary files to and from 4.2BSD servers, when done using the ascii type.
Avoid this problem by using the binary image type.