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From: fhwri%CONNCOLL.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Frustrating problem with ftp
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Date: 30 Oct 90 03:52:42 GMT
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Re: Error 121
That error is what you get when you try to run a file that was downloaded
without using the "Chop Files" or "Auto Chop" found on many terminals. (Note:
I am not at all familiar with Kermit.) The problem is that Amiga files have
a header that states the file length. If the file length (which many pro-
tocols "pad" out at the end to make the byte count even) doesn't agree with
the header, you get Error 121. BBS downloaders hardly ever have that problem
since the most common protocols are Y and ZModem, which send only the correct
file length. Your best bet is to only download files which have been
compressed (.ARC, .ZOO, .LZH, .WRP, .LHW), because they don't have that
problem, as they are not executable files.
        Of course, if you don't have the dearchiver for that file, and your
only source is a FTP site, you have a problem. Make sure that your terminal
has a Chop feature, and everything SHOULD be OK...
                                                --Rick Wrigley
                                                fhwri@conncoll.bitnet