daneman@czech.sw.mcc.com (Michael Daneman) (03/01/91)
There seems to be a number of people having this problem. So here's my solution: uuencode the file before downloading it, then download the uuencoded version. When the file is on you pc disk use the PC version of uudecode (foudn in the start up kit in comp.binaries.ibm.pc) to decode the file back. UUencodeing makes the file into a pure text file, which I can usually download with no problems.
jwm712@unhd.unh.edu (Jonathan W Miner) (03/02/91)
I had this same problem a week ago and used this solution: Make sure that kermit is using binary mode. My host machine seemed to default to text mode. I noticed this only because the files seemed to gain a few bytes after downloading. -- Jonathan Miner | I don't speak for UNH, and UNH does not jwm712@unhd.unh.edu | speak for me! (603)868-3416 | Hacking to survive......
6600arac@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (Wolf) (03/02/91)
Okay peoples, here's what to do. From the UNIX prompt, type %kermit -i -p s -s <filename> The switches set kermit to binary mode. Then, you can un-zip the files when they get to your pc. Unfortunately, Kermit is rather slow, so I recommend doing this before you go to sleep. "I prefer them and us. It gets rid of excess baggage and lets you get right down to cases." Wolf 6600arac@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (Internet) 6600arac@ucsbuxa.bitnet (Bitnet)
mwizard@eecs.cs.pdx.edu (Craig Nelson) (03/02/91)
daneman@czech.sw.mcc.com (Michael Daneman) writes: >There seems to be a number of people having this problem. So here's my solution: >uuencode the file before downloading it, then download the uuencoded >version. When the file is on you pc disk use the PC version of >uudecode (foudn in the start up kit in comp.binaries.ibm.pc) to decode >the file back. UUencodeing makes the file into a pure text file, >which I can usually download with no problems. I have a better solution. Try setting the default download and upload parameters on both systems to BINARY. For instance, Procomm and many other tcom packages allow you to do this. I used to have this same problem, until I read the manual. Craig (mwizard@eecs.ee.pdx.edu)