Downloading pdf from ftp is corrupting it

Question

I am trying to do something very simple. I have a PDF sitting in my root (I'm on a mac). So, first, I want to upload the pdf from the terminal:

curl -T myPDF.pdf ftp://user:password@domain.com/

then, I download it:

ftp name@domain.com
[then it asks for my password, and I type it]
get myPDF.pdf

and this downloads the pdf to my local machine. Then, I open up the PDF, and it's corrupted.

So somewhere in the process of uploading it or downloading it, the PDF gets corrupted. Ideas?

Answer 1

Transfer it in binary mode instead of ASCII.

curl -T myPDF.pdf -Q "TYPE I" ftp://user:password@domain.com/

And then for the download, before you type your get command, type binary to set the ftp client to binary transfer mode.