Re: Ftping programs problem

[lesherjt@vuse.vanderbilt.edu (John Lesher)]

LA County Outdoor Science School (lacoss@cello.gina.calstate.edu) wrote:
: zot@azstarnet.com (JJ Baker) writes:
: > Right now I'm using Proterm 3.1 to dial up to my local isp, whenever I log
: > into an ftp site and download something via Zmodem like a SHK file I can
: > unshrink it but most of the time when I unshrink it, it comes out a
: > document I can't do anything with. I tried using File attribute zapper but
: > it just doesn't work.
: > I download mostly from ground.isca.uiowa.edu
: > Any ideas?

: If you are downloading .shk files, make sure you ftp in binary mode 
: rather than ascii (which is the default).  To change it just type 
: "binary" at the ftp prompt.

Actually, ground bitches at you if you try to download *.shk files
without first switching to binary-mode.

Tilghman