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Date:	Tue, 2 Jun 1998 23:39:49 PST8PDT
From:	Peter Skye <pskye@peterskye.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-programming@scoug.com
To:	scoug-programming@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Programming: GetLine()

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> Actually, the FTP client should NOT send backspaces -- in fact, the
> "client" should not be sending "character" oriented data in the first
> place, i.e., the client shouldn't send each and every keystroke of the
> user as he or she bangs on the keyboard...

> If it is a "well known fact" that the data CANNOT contain certain
> characters [namely, NULLS or the LINE TERMINATOR itself] ...

I still suggest you allow for all possibilities. If it _might_ show up,
someday it _will_ show up.

- Peter Skye

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