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From: jaltman@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Jeffrey Altman)
Subject: Re: Downloading gz files using C-Kermit, Linux, & Lynx
Date: 23 Aug 1999 17:44:05 GMT
Organization: Columbia University
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To: kermit.misc@columbia.edu
In article <7prrdv$asu$1@newsmaster.cc.columbia.edu>,
Frank da Cruz <fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu> wrote:
: In article <37C166B2.3F55@radium.ncsc.mil>,
: James S. Johnson <jjohnson@radium.ncsc.mil> wrote:
: : I have a perplexing problem using C-Kermit to download files.
: :
: : The local public library offers a Lynx connection to the internet. I
: : have three communications programs that I use to connect -
: : Hyperterm/Win95, C-Kermit/Linux(Slackware4.0), and MS-Kermit/Win95's
: : DOS. Both C-Kermit and MS-Kermit come from www.columbia.edu. I log in as
: : guest, and I cannot change settings on the library's Lynx setup. I am
: : able to examine downloaded files with a binary editor.
: :
: : I can download *.exe files without a problem. However, I cannot
: : correctly download *.gz files. Under Hyperterm and MS-Kermit, the files
: : have a 0x0D (hexadecimal for 13) byte inserted before every 0x0A byte.
: : Under C-Kermit, the files have all the 0x0D's stripped.
: :
: This indicates that C-Kermit is in text mode.
:
: : Except for the
: : fact that I can download *.exe files, this appears to be a problem with
: : the text/binary setting. I have tried everything I can think of to make
: : certain the setting is on binary, but without solving the problem.
The problem is in either the Lynx configuration or the HTML tagging
for the download. Lynx thinks that the file is a text file and
therefore starts Kermit in TEXT mode. It knows that .exe files are binary
and therefore starts Kermit in BINARY mode.
Jeffrey Altman * Sr.Software Designer * Kermit-95 for Win32 and OS/2
The Kermit Project * Columbia University
612 West 115th St #716 * New York, NY * 10025
http://www.kermit-project.org/k95.html * kermit-support@kermit-project.org