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Article #3640Re: Serious PKZip 2.04 Bug - Beware
From: Ranseus (Jim Knepley)
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 22:09
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 22:09
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In article <rdippold.726520166@cancun> rdippold@cancun.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold) writes: >Another bug has shown up in PKZ204C (I can't believe how buggy this >is), confirmed by several people (including on CompuServe) and tried >by me. If you backup your hard disk with the "-&" option you may lose >some of your data. It is my experience that PKUNZIP will notify you that the file didn't inflate correctly but the file is fine. Your mileage may vary. If ANY file spans 2 disks, it'll report a CRC error for the file that's being completed. I restored 4 disks today and got a message every time I put in a new disk, but the files were fine. Jim -- ----- knepley@cs.colostate.edu --------------- Boycott Colorado ------------- Jim "Ranseus" Knepley | Avoid rectal-cranial inversion. Programmer, magician, | "Gun's don't kill, it's those bullet things" computer geek. |
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Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.archives.msdos.d,comps.sys.ibm.pc.misc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!paladin.american.edu!darwin.sura.net!haven.umd.edu!purdue!yuma!knepley From: knepley@CS.ColoState.EDU (Ranseus (Jim Knepley)) Subject: Re: Serious PKZip 2.04 Bug - Beware Sender: news@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU (News Account) Message-ID: <Jan08.220931.80124@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU> Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 22:09:31 GMT References: <rdippold.726520166@cancun> Nntp-Posting-Host: mozart.cs.colostate.edu Organization: Colorado State University Lines: 19