ascii file with mixed Unix/Windows line returns

Hi,

In my work I have to deal with ascii files which contain both Unix and Windows line returns (i.e. CR & CRLF).

I have noticed that these are correctly maintained when transferring to Unix from Windows but not when going back the way i.e. to Windows from Unix.

I have tried this with the latest version of WinSCP using both SFTP and SSH.

Is this a problem with my settings, the server or WinSCP?

Regards,
Danny Poulson.

And what's wrong with them? What version of SFTP are you using? What is your session configuration in respect to the end-of-line characters?

LF[10](Unix) / sftp protocol version 5

The same thing happens with SCP protocol, all the lines with a single LF character get the CR added for Windows, which in most cases is a good thing.

However if you need the file to be maintained exactly character for character for version control systems it is a pain.

Anonymous wrote:

The same thing happens with SCP protocol, all the lines with a single LF character get the CR added for Windows, which in most cases is a good thing.

However if you need the file to be maintained exactly character for character for version control systems it is a pain.

So you want to maintain the file binary the same? Then you need to turn force binary transfer mode.