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From: ryee@hpuxa.acs.ohio-state.edu (Roger A. Yee)
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Subject: Re: Installing Libraries
Keywords: Binary Errors, Compress, uudecode, thanks
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Date: 23 May 91 16:06:26 GMT
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In article <59850@aurs01.UUCP> gingell@aurs01.uucp (Mike Gingell) writes:
>Many thanks to Joseph Horn, Tim Strong and others who replied to me
>either on the net or by email on the subject of installing libraries.
>
>I can now install and deinstall libraries successfully.  It seems my
>problems were twofold - 1) I was lacking the description of exactly
>how to do it and 2) many of my binary files were corrupted so even
>when I did hit the right syntax the install didn't work and so I
>thought I was doing something wrong when I wasn't.
>
>I don't know yet where the fault lies but somewhere along the chain
>from Wayne's mail server to the '48 my binary files are getting corrupted.
>Text files are fine - if I get a uuencoded file to my PC I can decode
>it there and the resulting binary file is OK.  However some files
>are originally uuencoded in the original posting which is then
>compressed and uuencoded again for mail downloads.
>
>I receive the files on an Ultrix system by mon an  ASCII format, I
>then uudecode, uncompress and at that point I find the binary
>file size is usually wrong by a few bytes.  If everything is OK
>I transfer the file to a PC by kermit (in binary mode) and from
>another PC I again transfer to the IP48. After some testing I am
>seriously beginning to think there is something wrong with the
>local uncompress or uudecode algorithm. - Unless others are having
>the same problems with binary files from W ayne and also thinking
>its their problem because no one is complaining.
>
>The moral of this story is be careful if you are transferring files
>in binary. Watch the file sizes - if there is any discrepancy at all
>you are in trouble. Try another method of getting the files.
>
>Apropos of which: Is there a COMPRESS/UNCOMPRESS compatible utility
>that will run on a PC?. If I could download the uuencoded compressed
>file to my PC and uudecode and uncompress it there I think I could
>avoid intermediate translations.
>
>Thanks again guys.
>
>Mike Gingell, Alcatel, Raleigh, NC USA  (919) 850-6444
>UUCP:       ...!mcnc!aurgate!aurfs1!gingell
>Internet:   gingell%aurfs1%aurgate@mcnc.org

Sorry to waste bandwith,

but Mike I cannot get a valid mail account.  If you would send me mail
I can send you uuencoded a tar and uncompress porgram fort the PC.

Roger

ryee@hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu