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Article #40611Re: FTP'ing files
From: Mickey Boyd
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 1990 02:12
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 1990 02:12
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In article <9002070806.AA13282@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>, S54394GR@ETSUACAD.BITNET (Robert Gambs) writes:
>I am new to the FTP system and was wondering if someone could give me some
>help. All the files I have tried to download have gone bad. when I try to
>unARC them, they give me a 'bad header' error. Can someone with experience
>in this area help me?
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Robert Gambs
> (S54394GR at ETSUACAD)
Make sure you set it to binary mode (usually the command 'binary'). To get
ls to work after you have done this, you must set it back to ascii (with, you
guessed it, 'ascii'). If you still have the problem, try setting it to
telex (I think, something like that). Usually a '?' will get you a help sheet.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!neat.cs.toronto.edu!omicron.cs.fsu.edu!fsucs.cs.fsu.edu!boyd Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st From: boyd@fsucs.cs.fsu.edu (Mickey Boyd) Subject: Re: FTP'ing files Message-ID: <9002080211.AA29122@fsucs.cs.fsu.edu> Reply-To: boyd@nu.cs.fsu.edu (Mickey Boyd) Organization: Florida State University Computer Science Department References: <9002070806.AA13282@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Date: 8 Feb 90 02:12:10 GMT Lines: 26