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- From: roelofs@pan.arc.nasa.gov (Cave Newt)
- Subject: Re: Pkunzip error "incons. loc. header"!!!!!!
- Message-ID: <1992Sep9.181035.18369@riacs.edu>
- Sender: news@riacs.edu
- Organization: University of Chicago
- References: <1992Sep9.130153.41420@urz.unibas.ch>
- Date: Wed, 9 Sep 92 18:10:35 GMT
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- spissinger@urz.unibas.ch writes:
-
- >I have the following problem with pkunzip: I downloaded zipped files from
- >ftp-sites and transferred them with versatermPro/Kermit to our PC which is a
- >Macintosh. ^^^^^^
- ^^^^^^^^^
- >When I unzip the files on my IBM-PC with Pkunzip I get for some files the error
- >message "inconsistent local header for.." and the resulting file is empty.
- >So I looked at the zip-file and found that after 5 or 6 lines there is written
- >"appl????", which is not in the original file on the vax. Maybe this is the
- >cause for this mess. ^^^
-
- You don't give enough information to know for sure, but the problem
- is probably in your transfers. First of all, have you done this before?
- If so, has it worked? If not, make sure you are using the appropriate
- BINARY mode to do the transfer. If the VAX is a VMS VAX and not a Unix
- VAX, that means "set file type fixed" on the VAX side, "set file type
- binary" on the PC side (I think). If the Mac has a MacBinary setting
- of some sort, don't use that. And finally, you might try Info-ZIP's
- UnZip (this is a blatant plug, but you asked for it)--it has all sorts
- of work-arounds for bugs in other people's programs. From the sound of
- your error message, however, it probably won't work either; but it might
- give a more useful error message.
-
- >Can this be repaired? And HOW?
-
- Probably not. :-)
-
- Greg Roelofs
-