andy@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (Andy Finkel) (12/28/86)
First, I'd like to thank Kim for finding the offending line in the Juggler. Thanks, Kim. I owe you one. (To repeat, in file 5 of 8, there was the line with the string "M<3?Z[G" at the beginning of the line. On Kim's copy, that line read: >Here's the entire BAD line (note that it's one character longer than the >other lines): > >M<3?Z[G'7_ 9 " ,.<9_\ $_\84 $@(% !8'!P 6!P< !@0# !8'!P_____Q@H > ^ > | > |_____ delete this character (the '7') > > >Your GOOD line should look like: > >M<3?Z[G'_ 9 " ,.<9_\ $_\84 $@(% !8'!P 6!P< !@0# !8'!P_____Q@H > On my original file, that line reads: M<3?Z[G'7_ 9 " ,.<9?Z__\84 $@(% !8'!P 6!P< !@0# !8'!P_____Q@H Also 1 character shorter, but a little different. Again, thanks, Kim. (I hope that this is the problem that everyone is having, then I can relax) ------------------ And, after doing this, I can only agree with Kim that uuencode/uudecode isn't enough for long binaries. Its too easy for transmission errors to creep in. andy finkel -- andy finkel Commodore/Amiga {ihnp4|seismo|allegra}!cbmvax!andy or pyramid!amiga!andy Any expressed opinions are mine; but feel free to share. I disclaim all responsibilities, all shapes, all sizes, all colors. "Never make anything simple and efficient when it can be complex and wonderful."
wagner@utcs.UUCP (12/29/86)
In article <1191@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP> andy@cbmvax.UUCP (Andy Finkel) writes: > >(To repeat, in file 5 of 8, there was the line >with the string "M<3?Z[G" at the beginning of the line. >On Kim's copy, that line read: > >>Here's the entire BAD line (note that it's one character longer than the >>other lines): >> >>M<3?Z[G'7_ 9 " ,.<9_\ $_\84 $@(% !8'!P 6!P< !@0# !8'!P_____Q@H >> ^ >> |_____ delete this character (the '7') >> >>Your GOOD line should look like: >>M<3?Z[G'_ 9 " ,.<9_\ $_\84 $@(% !8'!P 6!P< !@0# !8'!P_____Q@H >On my original file, that line reads: >M<3?Z[G'7_ 9 " ,.<9?Z__\84 $@(% !8'!P 6!P< !@0# !8'!P_____Q@H >Also 1 character shorter, but a little different. Interesting...Kim's fix is not Mike Cherry's. And it worked too! I think Mike Cherry's fix makes the file correspond to Andy's original. Seems like we may have several transmission errors, and a curious behaviour of uudecode in the face of transmission errors (and several subltly different versions of the juggler floating around). Does the line-eater own the copyright on the modifications he made to the original? :-) Michael