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- From: hatu@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Hanming Tu)
- Subject: Re: FTP to Sun Kermit to PC
- Message-ID: <1992Aug17.185035.15347@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
- Keywords: ftp help doc kermit transfer etc ?
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- Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 18:50:35 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug5.051608.12603@access.digex.com> jhurwitz@access.digex.com (j. hurwitz) writes:
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- >I'm having trouble downloading from the Net to my DOS machine at home.
- >I FTP to a remote unix site that I call with my PC, then transfer the files
- >to my PC with Kermit. When I try to unzip the files they have bad blocks.
- >Any help on the subject would be greatly appreciated. Thanx in advance.
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- Have you set up file type when you used kermit to download the files to your
- PC? Files normally have two types: binary or text. You have to set file type
- in both ends: kermit and communication software in your PC (I am using ProComm).
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- Good luck!
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- Hanming Tu
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