Forked files and Shrinkit

["Frank Townsend" <ftownsen@iamdigex.net>]

I'm appealing to the old hands for help with (actually analysis of) a file
transfer problem.

I am trying to download and unshrink compressed software for use on my II+,
IIc, IIc+
and LC/IIe.

Method 1:  Use NCSA Mosaic running on Mac LCII to save SHK file directly to
a ProDOS formatted disk

Result:  File is a "forked" file and cannot be unshrunk.

Method 2:  Use NCSA Mosaic running on Mac LCII to save SHK file to Mac drive
and use ProType to remove "fork."

Result:  ProType does not process the file.  Otherwise same result as 1.

Method 3:  Use Win98 to save SHK file to Windows hard drive, and use
TransMac to copy to a Mac formatted disk.  Then copy to LCII, and use
ProType, etc.

Result:  Same as 2.

Method 4:  Use Win98 to save SHK file to Windows hard drive.  Then use
CuteFTP to upload file to Mac LCII (which is on a local TCP/IP Ethernet
network) which is running the NCSA FTP server (a part of NCSA Telnet 2.7b4).
Then use ProType to process file and copy to ProDOS disk

Result:  Works correctly.


Whew!

Can anyone explain why the other methods fail.


Thanks,


Frank Townsend
Bewildered about file transfers, in Baltimore, Maryland