Z4648252@SFAUSTIN.BITNET (Z4648252) (06/07/89)
Folks, I know that this is old stuff, but I'm having problems. I am
trying to decode the recent files, BIGSCREEN and the PARTITION program.
I run the decode programs and the result gives me ARCed files. I then
view the ARCs and see files inside. In the PARTITION program, I see
three files. One is a document file and the others are a COMMAND.TOS
shell and a program.
When I attempt to deARC the programs, I get a BAD FILE--CRC FAILS
CHECK error. I get this error in spite of all my utilities.
The .doc files survive. I can read them.
Why oh why can't I unencode these files?
Larry Rymal <Z4648252@SFAUSTIN.BITNET>stowe@silver.bacs.indiana.edu (Fox in Sox) (06/08/89)
In article <890606.22525570.008466@SFA.CP6> Z4648252@SFAUSTIN.BITNET (Z4648252) writes: > Folks, I know that this is old stuff, but I'm having problems. No comments... *grin* > When I attempt to deARC the programs, I get a BAD FILE--CRC FAILS >CHECK error. I get this error in spite of all my utilities. > The .doc files survive. I can read them. > Why oh why can't I unencode these files? Well, I don't know what kind of network system type CP-6 is on, but I do know that on occasion IBM-type machines (read: EBCDIC) have a nasty tendency to try to translate characters from what they really should be. Perhaps this is the problem you're having. Unfortunately, I don't remember which characters anymore and what the fix is - but perhaps someone does. I do remember that when I substituted all those chars in a UUE file, it unARCd like a champ. Any other oldies out there remember? stowe@silver.indiana.bacs.edu At night the Ice Weasels come.
paulm@ccicpg.UUCP (tmp Paul Moreau usenet acct) (06/09/89)
In article <21761@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu>, stowe@silver.bacs.indiana.edu (Fox in Sox) writes: > In article <890606.22525570.008466@SFA.CP6> Z4648252@SFAUSTIN.BITNET (Z4648252) writes: > > > Folks, I know that this is old stuff, but I'm having problems. > > No comments... *grin* > > > > When I attempt to deARC the programs, I get a BAD FILE--CRC FAILS > >CHECK error. I get this error in spite of all my utilities. > > The .doc files survive. I can read them. > > Why oh why can't I unencode these files? > > Well, I don't know what kind of network system type CP-6 is on, but I do > know that on occasion IBM-type machines (read: EBCDIC) have a nasty > tendency to try to translate characters from what they really should be. > Perhaps this is the problem you're having. Unfortunately, I don't remember > which characters anymore and what the fix is - but perhaps someone does. > I do remember that when I substituted all those chars in a UUE file, it > unARCd like a champ. > > Any other oldies out there remember? > > stowe@silver.indiana.bacs.edu At night the Ice Weasels come. Well, its the old truncate and character swap problem with EBCDIC. If you edit the uuencoded bigscrn file and change all the '~' with '^' and also append a space character at the end off every line (except the first line and the last 3 lines) the thing will uudecode. You will still get a short file error but the resulting ARC file will unarc OK. I just tried it and it worked fine. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + ####### ####### ### C O M P U T E R | +---------+ + + ### ## ### ## ### | | An STC | + + ### ### ### C O N S O L E S | | Company | + + ### ## ### ## ### | +---------+ + + ####### ####### ### Incorporated |___________________+ + + + UUCP: ...ccicpg!paulm@dl2 (Paul L. Moreau) + + or ...paulm@ccicpg (Diagnostics Software Eng) + + (Irvine, California) + + + + Harrisberger's Fourth Law of the Lab: + + Experience is directly proportional + + to the amount of equipment ruined. + + + +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
daniel@pkmab.se (Daniel Deimert) (06/10/89)
In article <21761@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu> stowe@silver.bacs.indiana.edu (Fox in Sox) writes: > >know that on occasion IBM-type machines (read: EBCDIC) have a nasty >tendency to try to translate characters from what they really should be. Use the "uue" and "uud" versions of uudecode and uuencode. They put a table in front of the file, and attempts to correct such translation errors by themselves. I've got the sources for the ST, if you haven't got them already. Daniel Deimert / / Internet: daniel@pkmab.se Fridstav\"agen 4 / / UUCP: ...{uunet,mcvax}!sunic.sunet.se! S-715 94 Odensbacken / / kullmar!pkmab!daniel SWEDEN / / Phone: +46-19-52037, +46-19-111441 (BBS) (\" in front of a character means you should put the " on top of the next character. Then you will have a swedish character!)