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Brad W Trawe

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by Brad W Trawe » Sat, 11 Mar 1995 07:38:02



>Hmm... I just downloaded Cars94x.zip from didnt.doiit and I had a problem with
>it.  It seems that the zip is corrupted somwhow and I was wondering if anyone
>had the same problem?

Mark:
        Once you get connected, type "binary".  You're having problems
because that machine is a Mac, and yours probably isn't.  Type "binary"
before transmitting the files, and it'll work.

-Brad
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Brian Wong - SMCC Product Marketing Engineeri

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by Brian Wong - SMCC Product Marketing Engineeri » Sat, 11 Mar 1995 11:21:04


>Try it [ftp] again - and make sure you are in binary transfer mode (the
>number one reason for 'corrupted' zips)

Why don't we just all agree that binary is the new default mode?  [frustration
being vented from a vendor who has seen SOOOOOO many of these complaints come
in the support center... "Sun's ftp corrupts data every time I transfer..."]

Oh cool - different opponents to punt off the track!
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Brian Wong                              Product Marketing Engineering

BATTHISH IBRAH

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by BATTHISH IBRAH » Sun, 12 Mar 1995 07:47:03



>Hmm... I just downloaded Cars94x.zip from didnt.doiit and I had a problem with
>it.  It seems that the zip is corrupted somwhow and I was wondering if anyone
>had the same problem?

>                    --Mark

        Yes, and everyone i know had the same problem too. It has nothing to
do with binary/non-binary download, it just doesn't work. I ended up getting it
from a WWW site. Ill post it when i can find it again.

--
Abe.

nightsh..

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by nightsh.. » Sat, 11 Mar 1995 12:13:30

Peter:
You love to see us suffer, don't you... :)

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Brian Wong - SMCC Product Marketing Engineeri

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by Brian Wong - SMCC Product Marketing Engineeri » Mon, 13 Mar 1995 01:12:56




>>Hmm... I just downloaded Cars94x.zip from didnt.doiit and I had a problem with
>>it.  It seems that the zip is corrupted somwhow and I was wondering if anyone
>>had the same problem?

>    Yes, and everyone i know had the same problem too. It has nothing to
>do with binary/non-binary download, it just doesn't work. I ended up getting it
>from a WWW site. Ill post it when i can find it again.

Sorry, but I'm really sure that file is not corrupt.  MANY people have
obtianed it from that site, including me.  The file DOES work.
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Brian Wong                              Product Marketing Engineering

Brad W Trawe

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by Brad W Trawe » Mon, 13 Mar 1995 04:41:24

Wrong!  The file is not corrupted - you guys must be forgetting to type
"binary".  If that's not it, then possibly you have an outdated version
of pkunzip.  That's all I can think of, since the file works fine for me
(and many others).
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Henri Kuokkan

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by Henri Kuokkan » Mon, 13 Mar 1995 22:32:23


Yes, there really seems to be some trouble with didnt.doit(and also
brains.ac...). I tried to download file ports.zip, and when I tried to
unzip it, it reported the file being a multi-part zipfile or not a
zipfile at all.
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Peter Burk

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by Peter Burk » Wed, 15 Mar 1995 05:28:26



>    Yes, and everyone i know had the same problem too. It has nothing to
>do with binary/non-binary download, it just doesn't work. I ended up getting it
>from a WWW site. Ill post it when i can find it again.

I really don't care how you screwed up downloading it, but due to your
complainign I wasted some time verifying it yet again - the file is fine.

Also: if you feel like posting a large binary file - make sure you know
where to do that... This newsgroup is NOT the place for such posts.

Peter

HOFMANN, MA

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by HOFMANN, MA » Fri, 17 Mar 1995 10:06:12

Thanks for your help.  Not needomg to FTP until I got on this newsgroup, I
didn't know about the 'binary' command.  Thanx to all!

                                --Mark

Tony Joh

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by Tony Joh » Sun, 12 Mar 1995 18:41:15


The file does indeed work.  Something you who have problems might consider is
a bad link, incompatible FTP daemon/client, and of course check your
ASCII/Binary mode before you transfer.  Also, aborted transfers can affect the
file's performance.
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Peter Burk

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by Peter Burk » Mon, 20 Mar 1995 06:01:54



>Yes, there really seems to be some trouble with didnt.doit(and also
>brains.ac...). I tried to download file ports.zip, and when I tried to
>unzip it, it reported the file being a multi-part zipfile or not a
>zipfile at all.

guess what - this file is not a ZIP - no idea what's wrong here, because
the file has been here for many, many months!

Simple solution: drag file into trash - no more paorts.zip on didnt.doit.
Anyone know where this file came from and what it is supposed to be
good for? I never opened it, since I don't have a copy of F1GP anymore...

Peter


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