Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!samsung!uunet!mcsun!ukc!edcastle!gtoal From: gtoal@castle.ed.ac.uk (G Toal) Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn Subject: Re: Bad files from info-server? Message-ID: <11369@castle.ed.ac.uk> Date: 29 Jun 91 22:31:16 GMT References: Organization: Edinburgh University Lines: 22 In article kelvin@thed.uk22.bull.com (Kelvin Hill) writes: :Has anyone else had bad files received from the info-server @ newcastle :over the last few days? I've tried packdir and translator 6.61 and both :files came back un-sparkable. I did notice thatthe sparkives had no :CR (0x0d)s in them at all. Have they been stripped, and if so, is it :my end or newcastles? :I also notice that newcastle is taking up to 4 days to ship stuff back :after requesting it. Again, is anyone else noticing this or is itjust me? : :Kelvin. : Albert has already posted once saying that if he gets files sent to him which are not already compressed, he .tar.Z's them. So feed your file through compress -d and tar xv in that order. The delays aren't from Newcastle -- they're from Britains extremely damp piece of wet string at nsfnet-relay which goes down more often than Linda Lovelace :-( G PS Why would you expect CR's? This isn't DOS, you know...