On Tue, Nov 25, 2003 at 01:30:50AM +0900, SEKINE Tatsuo wrote: > Hi. > > From: Øyvind Lode <o-lode@xxxxxxxxx> > Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2003 15:45:51 +0100 > > > Ex: I want to export the vsftpd man pages to a file. > > I did that with the following command: > > > > # man vsftpd.conf > vsftpd.txt > > > > This worked very good and I can now read the exported file (vsftpd.txt) > > with cat and vi. > > It appears exactly like it does when reading from the man pages command. > > But when I transer the file to a Windows box (XP) it doesn't look good > > at all. > > Some text appear "crypted" when reading in notepad so the file is hard > > to read and some text is not readable at all. > (snip~ > > Some tips? > > Probably code 0x08 (which is used to enbold characters and > make underline) cause "crypted" text. > You are able to use "col" command to get rid of them. > > If you transfer the text with samba, try following: > $ man foo | col -b | unix2dos > foo.txt > > If you transfer the text with FTP, try following > $ man foo | col -b > foo.txt > and transfer it in ASCII mode. > With ASCII mode, FTP server transfer CR->CR+LF automatically. Or use the best of breed ckermit which handles all conversions on its own transparently. -- Jack Bowling mailto: jbinpg@xxxxxxx
