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What's the point of ASCII mode in FTP?

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Mar 15, 202614867 views
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Why is there an ASCII mode in FTP, which is prevalent in today's software and FTP implementations? Why not just always use binary regardless of the data?

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When in doubt, read the RFC: File-structure is the default to be assumed if the STRUcture command has not been used but both file and record structures must be accepted for "text" files (i.e., files with TYPE ASCII or EBCDIC) by all FTP implementati…

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