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- Subject: Problems in FTPing from SHSU site
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.153023.13908@bsu-ucs>
- Date: 21 Jan 93 20:30:23 GMT
- Organization: Ball State University, Muncie, In - Univ. Computing Svc's
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- Problems in FTPing from SHSU
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- I have encountered problems in FTPing files from SHSU site.
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- I have used the following procedure to download files from
- SIMTEL site without any problems.
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- I have a VAX/VMS account and use FTP to anonymously login.
- I issue the command "binary" to set the transfer the file.
- Then I use the "get" command to get the file.
- I logout from the ftp site and start up VAX/VMS kermit server.
- I then use MS-Kermit to download the file to my PC.
- I then use PKunzip to unzip the file.
- Everything so far has worked fine (EXCEPT for SIMTEL index-creation
- and maintenance program for the MSDOS collection).
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- However, when I use the above procedure with SHSU, I get
- the following error message:
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- PKUNZIP: Warning: DVISPELL.ZIP - Error in ZIP use PKZipFix
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- When I use the UNZIP utility (that I downloaded from SHSU
- using the same procedure as above) issues the following error
- message:
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- Error: Start of central directory not found; zipfile corrupt.
- (Please check that you have transferred or created the zipfile in the
- appropriate BINARY mode and that you have compiled unzip properly)
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- Although the above message seems to make sense, I am lost as to
- how to solve the problem.
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- On a related note, I used the pkunzip and unzip on other .zip files
- that I have downloaded from SIMTEL before. Everything seems to be fine.
- I have not changed any communications parameters on my PC and
- VAX/VMS ends.
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- Obviously, I am doing something wrong. HELP!
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- Also , How do I use UUNENCODED files and put them together under
- VAX/VMS, PC and UNIX platforms?
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- Thanks in advance for your help. Please e-mail your responses.
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