Transfer Mode Settings
You can specify the transfer modes for communicating with FTP servers with different operating system.
You can Select mode for file transfers as Auto, ASCII or Binary. You should choose Binary mode while communicating with MS Windows servers and ASCII mode while communicating with Non-Windows servers.
ASCII mode transfers files as a text. The ASCII transfer mode is used to translate text files from one format to another. For example, UNIX file system terminates lines in a file with a line feed, while Windows and DOS files terminate lines with a carriage return <CR> and a linefeed <LF>. Selecting this mode will convert files from one format to the other automatically. Examples of ascii files are.txt,.asp,.htm,.php.
Binary mode transfers files as raw data i.e., bit by bit. In this mode, files are transferred without any modification or conversion. This results in the same file on the source and destination computer. Examples of binary files are.mp3,.pdf,.doc,.exe,.jpg.
Auto mode makes the program communicate in Binary Mode with MS Windows servers and in ASCII mode for Non-Windows servers. You can include certain file extensions in the ASCII file extension list by clicking the Add button. If the extension you want is not present in the dropdown, enter it in the text box and add it to the list.
If Auto mode is selected and extension of file to be transferred is present in ASCII file extension list, that file is transferred in ASCII mode irrespective of Windows or Non-Windows server.
NOTE: The Transfer Mode will normally only affect text files. Text files transferred between Windows and non-Windows computers may lose formatting if transferred using the wrong mode.
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