Tabakal@UB.CC.UMICH.EDU (03/22/91)
> giovin@ecs.umass.edu writes: > > I have had NO success with the files on ummts.cc.umich.edu PC5. You > can get info on how to unpack them from the !INDEX file, but what it tells you > in there doesn't work. I've tried BinSCII on the AW.CUSTOM file, like it says > to and it didn't work. The file is FULL of control characters. Also, the ones > that say they don't need to be unpacked (I assume they're just standard ASCII > files) are filled with garbage, mostly @ signs. > Okay, lesson #1 about FTP. If you request a file in binary mode, that's what you get. I don't care if it's ummts, tybalt, or any other site. As an example, here's the first five lines of the above-mentioned AW.CUSTOM file: FiLeStArTfIlEsTaRt ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789() LAWCUSTOM.SHK AEzJAAAACA(4aIAg1iAAIgQLIwStAADAA4fA GVvTlzW6DQMWAAAAIwCNHcgWAQAAahQLAcwBAEABAAAAAAAAnAAAAAQMAAAAAAAA GVvTdlH2DAAPAMAABAAAAoDAAAw4AwPABAAAAAACAAgAYdgNAoQGVAwBZgFCHAgC That's it, folks. Looks like straight ascii to me. Runs through Binscii without any problems. I won't show you what it looks like if you snag a binary version. Not a pretty sight with all of the Control characters, @ signs, etc. You get the idea... Take the time to read the !Index file. It's worth your time. Read the local docs on FTP at your sites as well. It's worth our time. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Todd A. Bakal Coming soon: U of M Apple User's Group a new, improved Ann Arbor, Michigan tested, UN*X archive Internet: Tabakal@ub.cc.umich.edu FTP: ummts.cc.umich.edu BITnet: UserTBKL@UMICHUB 35.1.1.43 UUCP: ...!uunet!ub.cc.umich.edu!tabakal CD PC5: