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From: mccashin@salal.chspr.ubc.ca (Brian McCashin)
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Subject: re: getting pkunzip to work
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Date: 11 Jun 91 22:03:07 GMT
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In article <9155@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> eaton@eecs.ucdavis.edu (William Eaton) writes:
>
>I just tried to ftp some stuff from cica.cica.indiana. I got pkunzip
>and a whole bunch of other files. When I went to run pkunzip, all I
>got was a flashing cursor. No hard drive activity, no nothing. I made
>sure to do a binary transfer, so that shouldn't be the problem.
>Any ideas?
>
>Here's what I did:
>	*logged onto school mainframe using terminal
>	*ftp'd to cica
>	*gave binary command
>	*got files
>	*quit ftp
>	*tranferred files to my PC using kermit protocol
>	*exited windows
>	*typed "pkunzip" -> nothin' happened
>-----------------------------------------------------------
>Bill Eaton
>insert standard disclaimer here
>-----------------------------------------------------------

You mention using kermit to transfer from the "school mainframe". Are you
sure you told your mainframe to transfer binary as well as FTP cica->mainframe.
pkunzip has been on cica for a long time so I doubt that it's corrupt.

Brian McCashin                            Internet: mccashin@unixg.ubc.ca
Senior Programmer/Analyst                 Bitnet: USERJAZZ@UBCMTSG
Centre For Health Services and Policy Research
University of British Columbia, Vancouver CANADA