you know when by mistake you FTP in the wrong transfer mode.............. - GoFuckYourself.com

Mutt · 12-05-2011, 02:11 PM

grrrrrrrrrr ........... i downloaded a huge template file in binary mode instead of acsii and now the file is a mess, formating gone and those little rectangles all over the place, a mess.

any way to get the file back properly formatted?

Cystomatic · 12-05-2011, 02:13 PM

Re-downloading I guess? Or meh, try a binary mode to acsii converter?

Tempest · 12-05-2011, 02:23 PM

Re-download it... Or use an editor like editplus.com which allows you to switch between the unix/pc format.

Or maybe this thing... Never used it so no idea if it's good, crap or anything
http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/fil...scription.html

Nembrionic · 12-05-2011, 02:23 PM

Open it in Dreamweaver, Edit Plus or any other advanced editor. Copy the text and save it again in a new file.

AdultEUhost · 12-05-2011, 02:56 PM

you shouldn't use FTP, use SCP instead

Tempest · 12-05-2011, 02:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pornopete

You still use an ftp client that doesn't do that automatically for you?

http://www.flashfxp.com/ FTW!

They only do it automatically if you set it up properly with the appropriate extensions otherwise they default to binary mode.

Nembrionic · 12-05-2011, 02:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tempest

They only do it automatically if you set it up properly with the appropriate extensions otherwise they default to binary mode.

I'm quite sure Filezilla doesn't need such setting up.

ottopottomouse · 12-05-2011, 03:42 PM

Nearly as bad as putting a load of stuff in public_ftp by mistake

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Mutt · 12-05-2011, 04:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nembrionic

I'm quite sure Filezilla doesn't need such setting up.

Filezilla did it - in Auto transfer mode, file extension was .tmpl

thanks for the suggestions

rowan · 12-05-2011, 04:27 PM

I just did

tar -cvf blah*.c

instead of

tar -cvf blah.tar blah*.c

...which wrote the archive to one of the .c files, rather than blah.tar

In other words, it overwrote one of the files I was trying to archive.

*facepalm*

Luckily that particular file hadn't changed for a few days and I had a backup...

blackmonsters · 12-05-2011, 04:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mutt

Filezilla did it - in Auto transfer mode, file extension was .tmpl

thanks for the suggestions

I have opened it in wordpad and then saved it. That usually fixes it too.

Klen · 12-05-2011, 04:49 PM

Never had such problem with winscp.I have paid licence of flashfxp,but dont use it,winscp who is free is somuch better.

12-05-2011, 02:11 PM	#1
Mutt Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 34,431	you know when by mistake you FTP in the wrong transfer mode.............. grrrrrrrrrr ........... i downloaded a huge template file in binary mode instead of acsii and now the file is a mess, formating gone and those little rectangles all over the place, a mess. any way to get the file back properly formatted? __________________ I moved my sites to Vacares Hosting. I've saved money, my hair is thicker, lost some weight too! Thanks Sly!

12-05-2011, 02:23 PM	#3
Tempest Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: May 2004 Location: West Coast, Canada. Posts: 10,217	Re-download it... Or use an editor like editplus.com which allows you to switch between the unix/pc format. Or maybe this thing... Never used it so no idea if it's good, crap or anything http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/fil...scription.html Last edited by Tempest; 12-05-2011 at 02:24 PM..

12-05-2011, 02:56 PM	#5
AdultEUhost ORLY? Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: NL & US Posts: 2,579	you shouldn't use FTP, use SCP instead __________________ ICQ: 267-443-722 / leon [at] adulteuhost [dotcom] Nominated for an XBIZ Award as "Webhost of the Year" in 2007, 2012, 2013 and 2014

12-05-2011, 03:42 PM	#8
ottopottomouse She is ugly, bad luck. Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 13,177	Nearly as bad as putting a load of stuff in public_ftp by mistake - __________________ ↑ see post ↑ 13101

12-05-2011, 02:13 PM	#2
Cystomatic Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 361	Re-downloading I guess? Or meh, try a binary mode to acsii converter?

12-05-2011, 02:23 PM	#4
Nembrionic Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 2,424	Open it in Dreamweaver, Edit Plus or any other advanced editor. Copy the text and save it again in a new file.

12-05-2011, 04:27 PM	#10
rowan Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 17,393	I just did tar -cvf blah.c instead of tar -cvf blah.tar blah.c ...which wrote the archive to one of the .c files, rather than blah.tar In other words, it overwrote one of the files I was trying to archive. facepalm Luckily that particular file hadn't changed for a few days and I had a backup...

12-05-2011, 04:49 PM	#12
Klen Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Little Vienna Posts: 32,235	Never had such problem with winscp.I have paid licence of flashfxp,but dont use it,winscp who is free is somuch better.