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From: finfrock@ncis.tis.llnl.gov (Scott Finfrock)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
Subject: Re: ftp,mirror and kermit
Keywords: ftp,file transfer,binary,kermit,mirror
Message-ID: <1158@ncis.tis.llnl.gov>
Date: 19 Nov 90 16:02:57 GMT
References: <4712@gara.une.oz.au> <1990Nov19.140828.12071@abcfd20.larc.nasa.gov>
Reply-To: finfrock@ncis.tis.llnl.gov (Scott Finfrock)
Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore CA
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In article <4712@gara.une.oz.au> dwright@gara.une.oz.au ( HIST) writes:
>I have a problem using my Amstrad IBM portable's communication
>package Mirror.  I have transferred ASCII files 100s of times,
>but have failed in my attempt to download a .COM (binary, I guess)
>program.  Having been a good boy and read the instructions about
>FTP on the net, I gather I am not giving the correct Receive File
>instruction through Mirror, but the documentation in the manual
>does not seem to help. (Alternatively, I may be a little thick....)
>
>If anyone out there using Mirror has transferred program files
>successfully, would you mind telling me the command sequence?
>

As I recall the communications package that came with my
(prometheus) modem was called Mirror.  I eventually dumped it
because I had so many problems with it.  Now I use straight
Mskermit on my pc.

A previous poster mentioned setting the binary mode switch and that
should work.  If it doesn't an alternative would be to uuencode the
file on the mainframe, send it over as text, and then uudecode it
on the pc.


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       					  -Scott Finfrock-

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