mms00786@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (05/01/89)
Hello. Sorry for bringing this up here, but I seem to recall some note about CRC error when unARCing files downloaded from SIMTEL20. I did a 'type l 8', and unarced using PKUNPAK, which in turn I got from PK361.EXE. Could someone oblige me by emailing me some info. about what I am doing wrong? Thanks for your patience, Milan mms00786@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu.
seligson@aludra.usc.edu (Richard Seligson) (05/04/89)
In article <111700074@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> mms00786@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu writes: >... I seem to recall some note about CRC error >when unARCing files downloaded from SIMTEL20. I did a 'type l 8', and >unarced using PKUNPAK, which in turn I got from PK361.EXE. > >Milan >mms00786@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu. I had a similar problem: I was FTPing from Simtel to the UNIX system here, and the using Kermit to get the files to my PC. When I got the files there, PKXARC would give me CRC errors. It turns out that the FTP was working fine. My problem was with Kermit. It was necessary to give the command "set file type binary" to the UNIX Kermit before the transfer. This cleared up the problem. When the file type is ASCII, Kermit replaces UNIX line terminators (LF) with DOS-like line terminators (CR LF). Setting type to BINARY disables this translation. Hope this helps, Rich seligson@oberon.usc.edu - ARPA ...uunet!oberon!seligson - UUCP who has time for .sig's during finals?!