Carriage return in text files

Question

Hello,

We have the following problem when using SSHFTPClient.get in BINARY MODE.
The source file is transferred from unix box which has CL carriage return, when the file is transferred to a windows machine, all carriage returns are changed to windows CRLF.
This will cause the transferred file size to increase.

sshFtp.setType(FTPTransferType.BINARY);

Thanks,

Answer 1

In binary mode, the file is transferred byte for byte, so it should be identical.

Answer 2

Thanks for the reply...
We are using BINARY mode. is there anything else we can check in the code?

Answer 3

For starters please post the code you are using (and the version).

Answer 4

We have Version: 4.5.0
---------------------------
SSHFTPClient sshFtp = new SSHFTPClient();
sshFtp.getValidator().setHostValidationEnabled(false);
sshFtp.setRemoteHost(serverAddress);
sshFtp.setAuthentication(userName, password);
sshFtp.setType(FTPTransferType.BINARY);
sshFtp.connect();
sshFtp.chdir(remotePath);
sshFtp.setType(FTPTransferType.BINARY);
File localfile = new File(localPath, fileName);

System.out.println(sshFtp.getType()); //--> This line prints BINARY

sshFtp.get(localPath, fileName);

Answer 5

Looks ok. Enable logging at DEBUG level and send us the zipped log file (support at enterprisedt dot com)

Answer 6

log file is sent

Answer 7

Worked after setting sshFtp.setDetectTransferMode(false);

Answer 8

Well spotted - yes this feature can occasionally trip people up.