User’s GuideWS_FTP ProFile Transfer ModesYou can transfer files in binary mode or in ASCII mode. You’ll want to use binary mode to transfer all files unless you know the file contains only text, then you’ll want to use ASCII mode.To specify the transfer mode, you use the -binary or -ascii argument in the command. To be sure that you transfer the Tag.doc file (the first example in this chapter) using binary mode, enter (at the MS-DOS prompt or in a batch file):ftp95pro -i Games.ini -p Damion -s local:c:\Sports\Tag.doc-d Damion:/pub/Drop/Tag.doc -binaryIf however, the file were a text file named Tag.txt, and you want to be sure it is transferred correctly, you’d enter (at the MS-DOS prompt or in a batch file):ftp95pro -i Games.ini -p Damion -s local:c:\Sports\Tag.txt-d Damion:/pub/Drop/Tag.txt -ascii Note When you don’t specify the transfer mode in the command line, WS_FTP Pro transfers the file in whatever file transfer mode is the default in the WS_FTP Pro Classic interface. Therefore, if you plan on using the command line more than just occasionally, set the Startup Transfer Mode to Auto Detect. (To do this in the Classic, select Options from the View menu, click the Session (cont’d) tab, set the Startup Transfer Mode, and click Set as Default.)Transferring Multiple Files from the Same LocationIf all the files you want to transfer are in the same folder, you can use the wildcard characters, * and ?, in the file name. To transfer all files in the Sports folder (described in the first example in this chapter), enter (at the MS-DOS prompt or in a batch file):ftp95pro -i Games.ini -p Damion -s local:c:\Sports\*.* -d Damion:/pub/Drop/Or, to transfer all .doc files in the same folder, enter (at the MS-DOS prompt or in a batch file):ftp95pro -i Games.ini -p Damion -s local:c:\Sports\*.doc -d Damion:/pub/Drop/To transfer multiple files not in the same folder, see the next section.
