Re: Shrinkit files @ caltech & others

[nathan@cco.caltech.edu (Nathan Mates)]

In article <3hdemm$nh6@sue.cc.uregina.ca>,
charles macdonald <macdon@HERCULES.CS.UREGINA.CA> wrote:

>  Ok, what am I doing wrong?  I can't unshrink ANY of the .shk files
>at caltech and other places.

   Sounds like you forgot to turn on 'binary' mode (type 'binary,'
surprise, surprise) within the ftp program. If you do a straight ascii
download, the file can be subtly mucked up enough to make them
unpackable.

>  I can unshrink all the files that are
>binscii'd first, but I cannot unshrink those that have the .shk suffix
>unless they have been binscii'd first.

   Very definitely sounds like binary mode's off. The ascii munging of
files doesn't affect the binscii info, but .shk files can not stand
being corrupted.


   Note: this post would have been better sent to comp.sys.apple2,
not the programmer group. I've crossposted this to both so that others
can see the answer, then followups will be sent to c.s.a2. 

Nathan Mates
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