What is the difference between binary transfer and text transfer without conversion?

Question

What is the difference between binary transfer and text transfer without conversion?

Answer

Binary transfer
Data is treated as a simple string of bytes and is transferred without any processing, including code conversion.

Text transfer without conversion
HULFT Square recognizes data up to next newline code as a single record and transfers the data without code conversion.
Addition and deletion of a newline code are carried out.

If the OS type on sending side is same as the one on receiving side, the result is basically same regardless of which of the above transfer types is used, since the result does not change after the processing of newline codes.
However, there are exceptions as follows.

• If the sending side uses LF for newline code on Windows, CRLF will be added as newline code on the receiving side.
• If a file without newline code in its last record is transferred on an open system OS on the sending side, the file size will increase because a newline code is added to the last record on the receiving side.

Supplementary information

Depending on the OS on the receiving side, the number of records in the transfer history may differ between binary transfers and text transfers even if a same file was transferred.