sorry for late reply...went for holiday.i check the website above but there is nothing that can help me. my problem is, if i create a .doc file in red hat linux i can retrieve at windows using ftp service but when i open it, it will be empty although it is not. And if i create a .doc file in windows and put the file in linux then retrieve it again from linux using ftp service, the file will give me unreadable text when i try to open it.