Re: RFC: downloading info for c.s.a2 FAQ

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <4vf1il$35m@newsbf02.news.aol.com>,
BabarStCyr <babarstcyr@aol.com> wrote:
>I jump in this thread just to say that since some months I cannot
>unpack A2 files I download.  These files are .SHK and ShrinKit cannot
>open them.  If I dump them in hexa I see NxFylz... in header.  Seems
>one byte on two is garbbaged.

   Ok, viewing the first few bytes (gnu "od -t x1 -a fubar.shk") for
a sample .shk file on my unix box, I get the following. Look at
the first 6 bytes only.

0000000 4e f5 46 e9 6c e5 8b 50 05 00 00 00 32 2b 06 60
          N   u   F   i   l   e  vt   P enq nul nul nul   2   + ack   `       

>I use Netscape or AOL ftp.

   Did you force netscape to use binary mode on downloading the files
with the setting of the Mime Types, as noted in the FAQ update? Also,
is AOL ftp too idiotic to listen to you when you specify "Download this
file in BINARY mode" but tries (wrongly) to be nice?

Nathan Mates
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