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- From: meixner@rbg.informatik.th-darmstadt.de (Matthias Meixner)
- Subject: Re: lharc, ftp, unix, kermit, modes
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- Message-ID: <1993Jan6.172144@rbg.informatik.th-darmstadt.de>
- Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 16:21:44 GMT
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- In article <16224@auspex-gw.auspex.com>, drh@Auspex.COM (David Ryan Hawley) writes:
- > I recently got a copy of the latest cshell for the amiga. It was
- > in lharc format. When i used my copy of lharc, it (lharc) said,
- > "newer format of lharc". I got a list of ftp sites, and downloaded
- > a 9k copy dated 1992, using ftp's "binary" mode, and then used
- > kermit to download to my Amiga (using kermit's binary mode). When
- > I try and use the copy i downloaded it said something about, "not
- > an executable file". I used "protect" to set the mode to executable
- > on the Amiga, that didn't help. I have since ftp'd another copy,
- > which is only about 3k in size. I'm a little confused about what is
- > going on... UNIX says the file is "data". Do i need to use chmod
- > on the file before using kermit?
- >
- > I have used "od" the UNIX utility to dump some bytes in hex, in hopes
- > that some guru out there can help. Here is the first screen of
- > the 3k file:
- >
- >
- > spock% od -x lharc | more
- > 0000000 0000 03f3 0000 0000 0000 0002 0000 0000
-
- Every executable begins with 0000 03f3, therefore this Version
- should be an executable ...
-
- > [...]
- >
- > Here is the od for the 9k copy of lharc (first screen))
- >
- > spock% od -x lharc-too-big | more
- > 0000000 7f45 4c46 0102 0100 0000 0000 0000 0000
-
- ... and this is not an executable.
-
- >[...]
-
- > Is anyone out there familiar with amiga binaries?
- >
- > Thanks in advance,
- >
- > -drh-
- >
- >
- BTW if you don't find an appropriate (<- is this correct ?)
- Version of lharc, you can use lha to decompress your
- archives.
-
- - Matthias
-