Re: Damaged Files

[carrkevi@student.msu.edu (Kevin M. Carr)]

In article <370et3$4u0@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu>, cvotter@prairienet.org (Gary
Sutton) wrote:

> I am having a problem with many files that I have downloaded
> from ccso.caltech.edu.  When I try to unshrink them with GSHK,
> they are shown as damaged.  Could someone perhaps email me
> undamaged copies of the following files?
> 

Just a hunch here Gary,

Are you trying to download the files to a Mac first then transfer them to
your GS.  I have found that when accessing ftp sites with my Mac at work,
I cannot download .shk (binary) files.  I have tried a couple of ftp
programs on the Mac (Fetch, Versaterm Pro) making sure they are set to
binary mode, and the files still arrive trashed.  I can however download
them no problem through an account I have on a UNIX box (getting them off
there and onto my //e at home is another problem).  So if you have been
downloading with a Mac as an intermediate step, then this may be the
problem, although I don't know nearly enough to be able to explain it.

Just a thought.

Kevin M. Carr
carrkevi@student.msu.edu

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