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From: fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: Problem with File Xfer (Binary vs Text) ??
Date: 9 Dec 1994 18:46:22 GMT
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In article <3c7r76$bn9@news.iastate.edu>,
Gene Collins <collins@iastate.edu> wrote:
>...I seem to be having a ... problem downloading zip files from a
>bbs, specifically a Wildcat bbs. I had set file type binary on
>the pc before starting the download. The transfer seemed to take
>place ok, no error messages etc. When I tried to unzip the
>files, I was told that the files were damaged. This is the same
>procedure I've used several times with KERMIT 3.13. I'm
>currently using beta 14 of 3.14. Any suggestions? Thanks.
>
Only to make sure that the BBS Kermit software, whatever it is, has
also been told to send the file in binary mode. In general, it is
the *file sender* that determines the transfer mode. It sounds as
if, in this case, the BBS was sending the ZIP file in text mode. A
good tipoff would be if the transferred file was bigger than the
original file, and every carriage return in the transferred file
was followed by a linefeed.
- Frank