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Article #40467Re: Downloading GIF's --> HELP!
From: Ace Swerling
Date: Fri, 07 Apr 1989 15:37
Date: Fri, 07 Apr 1989 15:37
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In article <9656@netnews.upenn.edu> parnes@eniac.seas.upenn.edu.UUCP (Gary Parnes) writes: >Hey! I'm trying to download GIF's from my account to my Mac using Kermit. >I've tried every possible mode (so I believe), but when I try to load them up >with VisionLab, it gives me an error, saying that the file is an invalid GIF >file. What am I doing wrong? And no, these files are not BinHex'd. They >are the raw GIF data... > >/=============================================================================\ >| "You're obviously misinformed... everything | Gary Parnes | >| EAST of the San Andreas Fault is going to | Computer Science Engineer | >| fall into the ATLANTIC Ocean." | University of Pennsylvania | >| *** parnes@eniac.seas.upenn.edu.uucp *** | *NOT* Penn State, Dammit! | >\=============================================================================/ In order to get GIF files from ftp sites, every transfer you do must be in binary mode. So, when you ftp, you have to set binary or tenex. Then do a binary kermit transfer to your Mac. That should work. -Ace Univeristy of the National Champion Wolverines
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!caen.engin.umich.edu!swerling From: swerling@caen.engin.umich.edu (Ace Swerling) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Downloading GIF's --> HELP! Message-ID: <427de348.102bd@willow.engin.umich.edu> Date: 7 Apr 89 15:37:00 GMT References: <9656@netnews.upenn.edu> Reply-To: swerling@caen.engin.umich.edu (Ace Swerling) Distribution: usa Organization: University of Michigan Engineering Lines: 20