Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!lll-winken!uunet!abcfd20.larc.nasa.gov!tadguy From: tadguy@abcfd01.larc.nasa.gov (Tad Guy) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Trouble With Some NewXanth Files Message-ID: Date: 14 Dec 90 01:57:45 GMT References: <39035@nigel.ee.udel.edu> Sender: news@abcfd20.larc.nasa.gov (USENET File Owner) Organization: NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA Lines: 13 In-Reply-To: detert@lognet2.hq.aflc.af.mil's message of 14 Dec 90 01:10:27 GMT In article <39035@nigel.ee.udel.edu> detert@lognet2.hq.aflc.af.mil (CMS David K. Detert) writes: > the 3d.zoo that somone just put up.... the zoo list and un'zoo give > me an error like bad header directory entry or something and only > shows 1 file of about 4500 bytes... The file 3d.zoo was corrupt, and has been removed. The ftp STAT command is useful for testing archives before downloading them. In the case of 3d, something like ``quote stat 3d.zoo'' would show it was messed up, alerting you of the problem before you download it. This is explained more fully in the README file... ...tad