# Re: FTP syntax

Tim Berners-Lee (timbl@ptpc00.cern.ch)
Wed, 23 Mar 94 13:47:31 +0100

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    Date: Wed, 23 Mar 94 13:47:31 +0100

    From: Tim Berners-Lee <timbl@ptpc00.cern.ch>

    Message-Id: <9403231247.AA14051@ptpc00.cern.ch>

    To: mitra@pandora.sf.ca.us (Mitra)

    Subject: Re: FTP syntax

> From: mitra@pandora.sf.ca.us (Mitra)
> Date: Mon, 7 Mar 1994 20:30:58 GMT
>

> If Alan has stated the consensus correctly on this, then we are adding
> two mandatory fields to the FTP URL, I'd like us to consider the syntax
> so as to avoid breaking existing URL's unneccessarily.

>

> I think the two fields {directory,file} and {binary,text,tenex} are
> orthogonal, and could easaily be combined into one
> {directory,file,binary,text,tenex}

What is "tenex"? Reference? Pardon my stupidity...

I assume "text" means ASCII data type and "binary" means FTP "IMAGE".

Tim

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