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From: mr@ogre.cica.indiana.edu (Michael Regoli)
Subject: Re: Looking for help with: nagel.bmp on cica
Message-ID: <1991Mar22.213826.1686@cica.indiana.edu>
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Date: Fri, 22 Mar 91 21:38:26 GMT


>>I recently tried to download nagel.bmp files from cica.cica.indiana.edu
>>by sending:

>>	ftp cica.cica.indiana.edu uuencode
>>	user anonymous jmw@brahms.amd.com
>>	cd /pub/pc/win3
>>	get INDEX
>>	binary
>>	cd bmp
>>	get nagels.zip
>>	get nagel004.zip
>>	get samfox.zip
>>	get zipaper.zip
>>	quit

>>But only the 'samfox.zip' and INDEX files arrived -- everything else
>>returned the message: 'No such file or directory'.  The INDEX file
>>shows nagel*.zip and zipaper.zip in ~ftp/pub/pc/win3/bmp, though a
>>second attempt returned the same error messages.

>Don't rely on what the INDEX files say.  They may not necessarily be up to
>date. 

Hey!  I resemble that remark!  :)

Apparently you had an older version of the INDEX file.  nagels.zip bit
the dust when it became eligible for removal here (180+ days old).

--

michael regoli
mr@cica.indiana.edu
regoli@iubacs.BITNET
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