6600kjp@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (Kevin Phillips) (09/29/90)
First off, I would like to thank all the people that sent me mail with suggestions and tips. I did finally solve the problem. Here's what happened: When I had some files I wanted to download, I TARed them together and then ran compress. Then I downloaded the Compressed TAR file to my system and then Uncompressed it. Here is where the problem lay: In my uncompress routine. Although I made sure no Cr/LF translation took place during the download, the uncompress routine still did some translation, in essence, corrupting the TAR file. Now all I need is too find an uncompress that won't do this. Once again, thank you everyone for your help. Kevin Phillips 6600kjp@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu kjp@cornu.ucsb.edu