Re: Downloaded Files

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <5du353$mi2@pelican.unf.edu>, Chaelin <jharbi@osprey.unf.edu> wrote:
>Yes...I've read the FAQs on Nathans page and they still haven't helped my 
>problem....

   Thanks for consulting them first.

>when I download .BSC files and xfer them to my 
>GS...BINSCII unpacks them great....my problem is with the .SHK/.SDK 
>files....when I get them to my GS they come over as TXT files....when I 
>try to UnShrink them with either SHKIT3.4 or SHKITGS I keep getting told 
>that they are invalid archives....

   How are you downloading them? TXT (i.e. Text) files are usually a
sign that it was downloaded in ascii mode. Binscii files can be
transferred fine via text downloads, but .SHK files must be downloaded
via a *binary* connection. Check the downloading options in whatever
method you're using (sounds like a telcom app), and if binary mode is
not enabled, then enable it.

   Maybe I need to make the "Use binary transfer modes for .SHK files"
a lot more prominent in the FAQ. Hmmm.

Nathan Mates

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