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Subject: Re: about annoying problem of sending code from comp to comp

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 14:41:30 12/13/04

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On December 13, 2004 at 17:18:17, Uri Blass wrote:

>On December 13, 2004 at 17:05:29, Dann Corbit wrote:
>
>>On December 13, 2004 at 16:55:08, Uri Blass wrote:
>>
>>>On December 13, 2004 at 16:09:16, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>>
>>>>On December 13, 2004 at 14:10:25, Uri Blass wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>I send code that I have in one computer to another computer.
>>>>>For some reason I get error when I compile the code in the second computer.
>>>>>It turns out that a line in the original code was broken to 2 lines.
>>>>>
>>>>>I can correct the problem by editing the new file but I am afraid that there may
>>>>>be a case when breaking line to 2 lines can be legal but have different meaning
>>>>>and it may cause bugs to the program.
>>>>>
>>>>>Uri
>>>>
>>>>Stop using email or whatever.  Use a file-transfer protocol like ftp, sftp, scp,
>>>>or whatever.  They preserve files as they are copied so the two copies will be
>>>>identical.  Soulds like you are emailing which has line-wrap issues...
>>>
>>>I do not understand.
>>>How do I use file-transfer protocol like ftp?
>>>
>>>I guess it means that I copy the files to some place in the internet when I can
>>>later download it but I do not know how to do it.
>>
>>If you include the file as an attachment, it will not be a problem.  The problem
>>happens when you paste code into the body of an email message.
>
>I include file as attachment.
>My experience is that when I send file from computer A to B there is no problem
>and the problem happens only when I send files from B to A.
>I always used computer A to send you files so that problem was never in emails
>that you got.

It is also possible that the error came from the editor that you opened the file
with.



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