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Re: kermit

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From: Anthony M Lovell
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 1988 16:38
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In article <914@stracs.cs.strath.ac.uk>, rk@cs.strath.ac.uk (Richard Kingslake) writes:
> I have never managed to transfer binary files successfully from Unix to
> MS-DOS via kermit.

I had the same problem.  For me, the cure was to tell my Vax's Kermit
"set file type binary".  The download then worked ok.

Try it!  You'll save the time of the expanded uuencoded file.

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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!cmcl2!rutgers!princeton!phoenix!amlovell
From: amlovell@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Anthony M Lovell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: kermit
Message-ID: <2506@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
Date: 12 Apr 88 16:38:41 GMT
References: <715@btnix.UUCP> <914@stracs.cs.strath.ac.uk>
Organization: Princeton University, NJ
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Keywords: msdos kermit unix