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From: geller@bnlux0.bnl.gov (joseph geller)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Some questions on un-arcing
Summary: files from ftps
Keywords: hp48 ftp arc
Message-ID: <2550@bnlux0.bnl.gov>
Date: 18 Feb 91 17:38:13 GMT
Organization: Brookhaven National Lab, Upton, NY
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	I'm not sure how to un archive files I see on the 48 ftp
sites.  On the HP ftp there are a couple of .arc files.  On the LSU
site there is a .tar.z file.  At FUNIC.FUNET.FI there seems to be
a collection of net articles.  In all cases I can read the ascii
index's but don't know how to get the actual files.

	I think step 1 is to tell my ftp> pgm to xfr in binary; that
seems to work ok.  Do the files get un archived on my VAX or do I need
to binary xfr to my PC and un arc there?  Do some files get unarc'd in 
UNIX before being sent to the PC?

	Can I get just one article from the FUNIC site or do I get
everything and unpack it some how later?

	I also am having some trouble doing binary xfr from the UNIX VAX
to my PC, but, I think that is just a problem with my use of the PC
terminal emulator.

	Again, I'm ok if files are ascii, it's just the arc'd things
that I have trouble with.  Thanks in advance for help.

Joe Geller   Email: geller@bnlux0.bnl.gov