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From: peraue@cs.vu.nl (Raue Paul Erik)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.introduction
Subject: Re: Problem Downloading .Zoo files...
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Date: 16 May 91 11:34:28 GMT
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macauslandr@watt.ccs.tuns.ca writes:

>I'm having a bit of a problem downloading .ZOO files from the ab20
>archives and I was wondering if anyone else has encountered the the
>same thing - The .Zoo file downloads fine, and unpacks on my 500 without
>complaint, however, when I try to run it, I get the error
>"File is not an object module" - is there anything that must be done to
>the file before it's downloaded from our Vax785?  Or is there something
>that needs to be done to the file once it's been transfered to the Amiga?
>I haven't encountered this problem with .LZH files as of yet, so it seems
>that there's something peculiar with the .ZOO files...

>RM - macauslandr@watt.ccs.tuns.ca
>     macausr@newton.ccs.tuns.ca

Try looking at the protection bits of the program itself. These should read
----rwed or --p-rwed. They are probably set to ----rw-- maybe because the
archives are packed on a different machine (I have that problem when packing
on UNIX). Use the protect program to set the protection bits to rwed and
you should have no more problems.

Good luck, Paul-Erik Raue (peraue@cs.vu.nl)