Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!rutgers!cbmvax!rsbx From: rsbx@cbmvax.commodore.com (Raymond S. Brand) Newsgroups: comp.graphics Subject: Re: Problems ftp'ing the Gems's source code Message-ID: <14002@cbmvax.commodore.com> Date: 26 Aug 90 22:24:55 GMT References: <1990Aug23.190832.11020@alias.uucp> <6309@gssc.UUCP> Organization: Commodore-Amiga Inc, West Chester, PA Lines: 32 In article <6309@gssc.UUCP>, gened@gssc.UUCP (Gene Daniel) writes: > In article <1990Aug23.190832.11020@alias.uucp> mherman@alias.uucp (Michael Herman) writes: > > > >I used an FTP mail server to retrieve the archives (I don't think they're > >the problem). Here is the name of the server I used: > > > >> alias ftp bitftp@pucc.bitnet > > Don't rule out this possibility. I attempted to get a file through this mail > server and had the same problem. It's possible that this file and the one I > tried to retrieve were both corrupted in the same way at the source but my > gut feeling is that the server has a problem. I've been in contact with the person that maintains the ftp server (sorry I forget the name but the address is MAINT@pucc) and she claims that the server hasn't changed in weeks. What has started happening is that something bewteen ther server and you (and me!) is altering the mail messages. Check the ASCII line at the top of each mail message, paying careful attention to the last 3 characters. What is now happening is that 0x5e is being changed to 0x7e, from a caret to a tilde; change all the tildes to carets before uudecoding all will be fine. She is at a loss to explain why this just started happening to me. > Gene Daniel | gened@gssc.gss.com rsbx ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Raymond S. Brand rsbx@cbmvax.commodore.com Commodore-Amiga Engineering ...!uunet!cbmvax!rsbx 1200 Wilson Drive (215)-431-9100 West Chester PA 19380 "Looking" ------------------------------------------------------------------------