Re: Problem with grind... new thread

[empson_d@ix.wcc.govt.nz (David Empson)]

In article <34tqru$dk3@sashimi.wwa.com>, steakman@wwa.com (SteakMan) writes:
>	Am I the only one having problems with the archived files on the 
>Grind and cco?  I've had about %70 success rate unSHKing the files that I 
>downloaded (SHK calls them damaged... or the unSHKed files have 
>problems).  Normaly I would just atribute this to line noise, but I have 
>Re-Downloaded the problemed files and they have the same problems in the 
>same spots..

It sounds like you haven't told your FTP software that you're transferring
a binary file.  The standard Unix FTP utility defaults to text mode (NCFTP
defaults to binary mode).  If you try to transfer a ShrinkIt-encoded file
using Text mode, it will be corrupted.  It is OK to use text mode to
transfer a .BSC or .BSQ file (BinSCII).

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David Empson
dempson@actrix.gen.z