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From: mday@iconsys.UUCP (Matthew T. Day)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Getting files from SIMTEL -> Unix
Keywords: simtel,arc
Message-ID: <426@iconsys.UUCP>
Date: 19 Nov 89 10:32:47 GMT
Organization: ICON International, Inc., Orem, UT
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I am having some problems with the archives found on wsmr-simtel20.army.mil.
I am using a Vax BSD 4.3 system to d/l files from SIMTEL.  What I am doing
is logging into SIMTEL via ftp as "anonymous".  I proceed as instructed
by the SIMTEL documentation to "type tenex".  ftp enters this mode just fine.
I then simply d/l the files I want via the "get" command in ftp.  They
transfer to my system just fine.  The files I am dealing with are .ARC files
in the pd1:<msdos.xxx> directory.  When I finish d/l'ing them, I try to use
the Unix arc program (ARC 5.21 Patchlevel 2) to extract the files.  This ARC
program says the archives are corrupt.  I have noticed that ARC 5.21 sometimes
only says the .EXE files in the .ARC file are corrupt, but I have also
had archives where ARC claimed the .DOC files were bad.

What is my problem?  Am I d/l'ing files from SIMTEL in the wrong mode??
Please email any comments/answers you may have.
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