Your file extensions will help guide you with this and most FTP client programs

will auto-detect the transfer type. If your files are readable in a text editor such

as Notepad, you can safely upload them in ASCII mode, if the programs are

compiled or executable programs such as pre-compiled CGI scripts (written in C

for example), audio or video files (.mov, .ra, .avi, etc) should be uploaded in binary mode.

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