[comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc] Help with unpacking archive

shatara@islnds.enet.dec.com (Chris Shatara) (08/04/90)

Subject: ZIPPED archieve of DB3+ utilities

I received the following zipped and uuencoded DBase III+ utilities a month 
ago.  I've been on vacation for the past three and a half weeks.  I'm 
having one hell of a time unzipping these.  I uudecoded them ok.  Pulled 
them down into my PC with Kermit (file type binary).  Then I run PKUNZIP
(versions 1.1 and 0.97) and I get the message:

PKUNZIP:  WARNING!  I don't know how to handle .....

I get this message for each file in the archive. No names are printed out.

I even tried PKZIPFIX and get the same results with the "fixed" file.

I can't make out the sender's address so I could not reply directly to him.

I uudecoded on a VAX (if that made any difference).

Any help or ideas would be most welcome.

Regards, Chris

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From:	ISLNDS::ISLNDS::DECWRL::"groucho!rl" "Roger H Levy +1 201 386 6641" 28-JUN-1990 09:33:36.12
To:	"CHRIS SHATARA AT DTN: 229-7711" <att!islnds.enet.dec.com!islnds::shatara> 
CC:	
Subj:	Re: DBIII+ Title Screen Bypass 

Chris -
I've uuencoded a zip archive of the DBIII+ patches.  I'll assume you
know what to do.  If not, let me know and we'll work something else
out.  Good luck.

Roger Levy
<<<<<<<<<<-------------------------------------------------->>>>>>>>>>
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roy@cs.umn.edu (Roy M. Silvernail) (08/05/90)

shatara@islnds.enet.dec.com (Chris Shatara) writes:

> Subject: ZIPPED archieve of DB3+ utilities
> 
> I received the following zipped and uuencoded DBase III+ utilities a month 
> ago.  I've been on vacation for the past three and a half weeks.  I'm 
> having one hell of a time unzipping these.  I uudecoded them ok.  Pulled 
> them down into my PC with Kermit (file type binary).  Then I run PKUNZIP
> (versions 1.1 and 0.97) and I get the message:
> 
> PKUNZIP:  WARNING!  I don't know how to handle .....
> 
> I get this message for each file in the archive. No names are printed out.

I just uudecoded the file. UUdecode reported a corrupt last line.
PKUNZIP V1.10 unpacked all the files just fine. FV reports the files are
in Shrunk or Reduce-4 format.

In other words, I think your copy of Zip is broken (both of them,
actually... no imploded files in here), or you had a bad transfer.
--
    Roy M. Silvernail   | #include <stdio.h>                 | Does virtual
    now available at:   | main(){                            | reality need
 cybrspc!roy@cs.umn.edu |  float x=1;                        | swap space?
(cyberspace... be here!)|  printf("Just my $%.2f.\n",x/50);} | -- me