Network Working Group 25 January 1972 RFC 294 Abhay Bhushan, MIT NIC 8304 Categories: D.4, D.5, and D.7 Updates: RFC 265 The Use of 'Set Data Type' Transaction in File Transfer Protocol ----------------------------------------------------------------
In many systems such as Multics at MIT, there is no provision to
The 'set data type' transaction preceding a retrieve request
[ This RFC was put into machine readable form for entry ]
[ into the online RFC archives by BBN Corp. under the ] [ direction of Alex McKenzie. 12/96 ]
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The following examples should clarify the use of 'set data
---- ------ Set data type '02' (Network ASCII) -------------------------------------> Store File X -------------------------------------> File X (in Network ASCII) -------------------------------------> End of File -------------------------------------> Acknowledge <-------------------------------------
Retrieve File X
-------------------------------------> File X in Network ASCII <------------------------------------- End of File <-------------------------------------
---- ------ Set data type'03' (EBCDIC) -------------------------------------> Retrieve File Y -------------------------------------> Set data type '00' ("bit-stream") <------------------------------------- File Y as stored (no conversion) <------------------------------------- End of File <-------------------------------------
Set data type '02' (Network ASCII)
-------------------------------------> Retrieve File Z -------------------------------------> File Z in Network ASCII <------------------------------------- End of File <-------------------------------------
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