{"id":504,"date":"2013-01-14T14:57:30","date_gmt":"2013-01-14T14:57:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2013\/01\/14\/corrupt-file-ftp-transfer\/"},"modified":"2021-08-16T23:24:06","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T03:24:06","slug":"corrupt-file-ftp-transfer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/website\/ftp\/corrupt-file-ftp-transfer\/","title":{"rendered":"File corruption during ftp transfer ASCII vs. BINARY"},"content":{"rendered":"

Occasionally, issues occur with files becoming corrupt<\/strong> when uploading through FTP<\/strong>. When viewing the corrupted file through the browser, the following error will be thrown.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis image can not be displayed because it contains errors<\/em>\u201c<\/p>\n

This is typically caused by uploading files through FTP as ASCII file transfer type. The \u201cASCII transfer type\u201d<\/em><\/strong> will transfer the files as regular text files. The \u201cBinary transfer type\u201d<\/em><\/strong> will transfer the data in binary mode which handles the files as binary data instead of text data. Setting your FTP client to Binary<\/strong> will prevent your files from becoming corrupted through ftp transit. Please see the following on how to switch your FTP program to Binary.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s also been brought to our attention that another possible cause of file corruption during FTP transfers, could be from your local firewall. Please also check for any updates to your firewall software, and possibly restart your router as well, if switching your FTP client settings to binary doesn\u2019t work.<\/p>\n

Changing your ftp program to binary transfer<\/h2>\n

You can change the transfer type in your ftp program to Binary. All FTP programs should have this functionality. The following steps will demonstrate how to change the transfer type from ASCII to Binary in Filezilla<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Open your Filezilla ftp program<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  2. \"Settings<\/a>\n
    <\/div>\n

    Select \u201cEdit<\/em>\u201d and click \u201cSettings<\/em>\u201c<\/strong> from the drop Box.
    <\/p><\/li>\n

  3. \"Transfer<\/a>\n
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    In the \u201cSelect page:<\/em>\u201d box, under \u201cTransfers<\/em>\u201c, click \u201cFile Types<\/em>\u201c<\/strong>.
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  4. \"Binary<\/a>\n
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    In the \u201cDefault transfer type<\/em>\u201d section, select the \u201cBinary<\/em>\u201d radio button<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

    Click OK.<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Now when you connect to your server with ftp, files will be treated as Binary files. This should prevent the files from becoming corrupted.<\/p>\n


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    Occasionally, issues occur with files becoming corrupt when uploading through FTP. When viewing the corrupted file through the browser, the following error will be thrown. \u201cThis image can not be displayed because it contains errors\u201c This is typically caused by uploading files through FTP as ASCII file transfer type. 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