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From: madler@pooh.caltech.edu (Mark Adler)
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Subject: Re: Help on file transfer
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One possible reason to see "HPHP48-B ..." (or -A, -C, -D, -E) is that
somewhere along the way garbage ended up on the end of the file.  For
example, Vaxes like to make files a multiple of 512 bytes.  Even if the
data is there, bit for bit, if the length is wrong, the HP won't
recognize it as a special object, and will simply make it a string.

Mark Adler
madler@pooh.caltech.edu