In <H00000af01763668@MHS> [log in to unmask] writes:

> The HP standard for extended characters (such as accented French) is
> called Roman8.  The Windows standard is ANSI.  Reflection file transfer
> does automatic conversion.  So does the 16 bit ODBC driver (don't know
> about ODBClink/SE.)  And we needed to add conversion routines to our
> client/server system since extended characters are present in the
> database.
>
> I do not think there is any way for FTP to convert the characters.
>
> Rob Joseph
> The NPD Group

If not uuencode, what about tar?

Bruce.

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