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RE: [cobalt-users] Internal server error



> On Thu Jun 05, 2003 - 11:58:43AM, BSmith@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> > Chances are, that is your problem ... "The file was changed and 
> > uploaded". Your probably thinking, umm, no duh!  But, what 
> I mean is 
> > that when you edit a file on a Windows PC, and upload it to a unix 
> > box, it adds additional control characters, like the \r\n.  
> So, what 
> > you need to do, is to get a better text editor for windows (VIM, 
> > EMACS), or do the following.
> > 
> > Load it up in "pico" or "vi" and save it.
> > 
> > Then try it again, unless it is a logical error on your 
> programming, 
> > that should fix it!
> 
> switching transfer mode to ascii in the ftp client would do 
> the trick as well...
> 

Not if you used the wrong editor. Those nasty extra control characters
will still be in there, just converted to ASCII.
-- 
C2003 Dan Kriwitsky

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