shapiro@pdp.cs.OHIOU.EDU (brian shapiro) (12/23/87)
To the user who posted nethack why did you post it in uuncoded tar format. why not uuencoded arc, pkarc or other similar form? I couldn't get it to uncompress at our site (which I am certain is our problem). I am just not sure I understand the logic behind doing such a posting. After all, not all of the readers and downloaders of comp.binaries.ibm.pc are unix gurus. (I certainly am not one). Despite this I would still like to get a copy of the program. Thanks. Brian -- Brian Shapiro, Ohio University Computing and Learning Services Haning Hall, Athens, Ohio 45701 (614) 593-1608 BITNET: shapirob@ouaccvma CSNET: shapiro@pdp.cs.ohiou.edu UUCP: ihnp4!cbosgd!cbdkc1!oucs!shapiro FidoNET : net 226 node 60
akk2@ur-tut.UUCP (Atul Kacker) (12/23/87)
I agree that in this case, using tar was probably not the
best thing to do, since there were only a few files and
no subdirectories. However, if there are subdirectories, then
tar or zoo is required.
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------foobar@koko.UUCP (John Fruetel) (12/25/87)
In article <652@pdp.cs.OHIOU.EDU> shapiro@pdp.cs.OHIOU.EDU (brian shapiro) writes: > >To the user who posted nethack > >why did you post it in uuncoded tar format. why not uuencoded arc, pkarc >or other similar form? > >I couldn't get it to uncompress at our site (which I am certain is our >problem). > ... Hmmm... I couldn't uncompress it either. Me thinks that there may be a problem here. I agree that the posted format was strange. I vote for a repost in a uuencoded/arc format. ************************************************************************** * * * The opinions expressed here are John Fruetel * * my own, etc., etc., etc.. Valley Fresh Foods, Inc. * * Turlock, CA * * ..uunet!lll-winken!csustan!foobar * * * **************************************************************************
jsin@CS.UCLA.EDU (12/27/87)
In article <695@koko.UUCP> foobar@koko.UUCP (John Fruetel) writes: >In article <652@pdp.cs.OHIOU.EDU> shapiro@pdp.cs.OHIOU.EDU (brian shapiro) writes: >> >>To the user who posted nethack >> >>why did you post it in uuncoded tar format. why not uuencoded arc, pkarc >>or other similar form? >> >>I couldn't get it to uncompress at our site (which I am certain is our >>problem). >> >... >Hmmm... I couldn't uncompress it either. Me thinks that there may be a >problem here. I agree that the posted format was strange. I vote >for a repost in a uuencoded/arc format. > Well, I uudecoded, uncompressed, and un-tarred it w/o any problems, but I did have a slight annoyance in that all files were owned by '1874' or some such person. It would not have been a problem, but the files were in mode 600! This made it impossible for me to copy them to the PC machines. I had to ask the 'root' to change the owner to me. Anybody else had this problem? Whose sorry idea was this? Otherwise, I am grateful to (Steve Creps?) for posting it. Keep up the good work! BTW, how did you get it down to <350KB ? Are you listening, Steve? John (Jonghoon) Sin UCLA SEASnet Facilities ARPA: jsin@seas.ucla.edu 2567 Boelter Hall BITNET: jsin%seas.ucla.edu@wiscvm.wisc.edu Los Angeles, CA. 90025 UUCP: ...!{ihnp4,ucbvax,{hao!cepu}}!ucla-cs!jsin (213) 206-6864