ireland@ac.dal.ca (06/30/90)
Most of the sites which offer anonymous ftp that I've come across have the mac programs in binhex format and I can download these programs without any problems. I've come across a couple of ftp sites recently which have programs in .SIT format. I suspect that I could download these files direct to a Mac without problem, but I don't have ethernet in my mac, so I do my ftping from the universities VAX 8800, which puts the .SIT files on the VAX. I then download the files from the VAX to my mac using the kermit protocol in White Knight. When I try to unstuff these files on the mac, STuffit hangs the mac. As a test, I uploaded a .SIT file from my mac to the VAX and then downloaded it. When trying to unstuff this test file, Stuffit again hangs the mac. How does one upload and download .SIT files to/from a VAX? Thanks for your help. Keith Conover Biochemistry Dept. Dalhousie University Keith@ac.dal.ca
ac08@vaxb.acs.unt.edu ((C. Irby)) (07/01/90)
In article <1737@ac.dal.ca>, ireland@ac.dal.ca writes: > Most of the sites which offer anonymous ftp that I've come across have the > mac programs in binhex format and I can download these programs without > any problems. I've come across a couple of ftp sites recently which have > programs in .SIT format. I suspect that I could download these files direct > to a Mac without problem, but I don't have ethernet in my mac, so I do > my ftping from the universities VAX 8800, which puts the .SIT files on the > VAX. I then download the files from the VAX to my mac using the kermit > protocol in White Knight. When I try to unstuff these files on the mac, > STuffit hangs the mac. As a test, I uploaded a .SIT file from my mac to the > VAX and then downloaded it. When trying to unstuff this test file, Stuffit > again hangs the mac. How does one upload and download .SIT files to/from > a VAX? Thanks for your help. File type problem! Stuffit archives are *not* text files. When you FTP, make sure to set the file protocol to binary... at the * prompt, just type it: *binary *get file.name The White Knight problem is probably the same- check your settings to see if the kermit is going for a binary transfer. > > Keith Conover > Biochemistry Dept. > Dalhousie University > Keith@ac.dal.ca -- \ C Irby \ "The following will be a test of the ac08@vaxb.acs.unt.edu \ Emergency .Signature System. ac08@untvax \ This is only a test. \ Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep." \