peter green wrote:

>> Agreed. The thing is, if FTP messed up the files, you have a problem
>> that you need to fix before trying anything else. Either you messed
>> up and used the wrong FTP file type (ASCII vs Binary), or there's
>> something wrong with your FTP installation (server or client), or
>> your TCP/IP stack or your network is severely messed up. I'd vouch
>> for the first; seems to be the most likely. 
>> 
>> The error rate that gets past the TCP/IP stack on a LAN should be
>> very close to 0. And FTP is good enough to splice the pieces
>> together, again with an error rate very close to 0. 
> 
> FTP does not do any checking of it's own, if an error gets past the
> TCP/IP stack undetected (very unlikely on a lan) then FTP won't catch
> it.

Right... but if the connection has a hiccup and is interrupted, it will
splice the parts together (if server and client support this). 

FWIW, the anatomy of an FTP connection: 
<http://www.eventhelix.com/RealtimeMantra/Networking/FTP.pdf>

Gerhard
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