Re: Downloading from UNIX

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From: 25635-lee
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 17:08

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In article <Brsqon.J8B@knot.ccs.queensu.ca> tarun@psyclops.psyc.queensu.ca (Tarun Kripalani) writes:
>I am experiencing some problems downloading *.arc and *.zip files from
>a SGI UNIX system. I am using the xmodem protocol and the transfers seem
>fine (Downloading using Windows 3.0 terminal accessory) but when I try to 
>unzip the *.zip I get an error message which says that the file is not in 
>a pkzip file. Any suggestions?. TIA.
>-- 
>
>Tarun Kripalani (of Wounded Knee and now Wounded Shoulder)
>e-mail:   tarun@psyclops.psyc.queensu.ca
>Dept. of Psychology, Queen's University,
>Kingston, Ontario.

did you specify to your communications protocol that you are downloading
binary files and not plain ascii files.  usually, if you do not specify,
it will assume ascii.  then again, it could be another problem altogether.
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