Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!apple!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ames!haven!ni.umd.edu!steveg From: steveg@ni.umd.edu (Steve Green) Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux Subject: Re: file transfer problems Keywords: file transfer,filetype Message-ID: <1991Jan6.055428.4779@ni.umd.edu> Date: 6 Jan 91 05:54:28 GMT References: Organization: University of Maryland, College Park Lines: 26 In article colin@citrus.citr.uq.oz (Colin Lythall) writes: >[deleted] >Files compressed up with compress on an Ultrix box >Transferred to a Mac using NCSA Telnet with MacBinary checked >Archived onto an Apple Tape SC40 in Mac format >Retrieved from Tape onto Mac floppies >Read into the AUX system from floppy. >[deleted] Compressed files are on Ultrix box are not in MacBinary format. MacBinary is a way to combine the 2 forked Mac file into a single stream. Use binary ftp not MacBinary and when you go to copy the files to A/UX, you must make sure that the file type is NOT TEXT. If it is, then the file will be "converted" and in the .Z case, destroyed. If it is not, then the file will be copied in AppleSingle format. That is, finder info, resources, and data fork all lumped into 1 file. You can use fcnvt to get what you want; the data fork. fcnvt -i single -o double filename newfilename. You should then be able to uncompress the newfilename. (Make sure its got .Z). On another note, if the file type is "A/UX", then the file will be copied into AppleDouble right away and you can skip the fcnvt step. BTW, you can delete the %newfilename file. -- Silica gel -- No not eat. steveg@ni.umd.edu