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From: james@cisunx.UUCP (Doug E James)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: Problems uudecoding qrtexe
Summary: What exactly is a ZOO file..
Keywords: QRT, ray tracing, qrtexe
Message-ID: <16294@cisunx.UUCP>
Date: 1 Mar 89 00:47:36 GMT
References: <51392@yale-celray.yale.UUCP> <Feb.22.10.18.20.1989.5932@topaz.rutgers.edu> <841@amc.UUCP>
Reply-To: james@unix.cis.pittsburgh.edu (Doug E James)
Organization: Univ. of Pittsburgh, Comp & Info Sys
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>I had a problem similar to Mr. Lesniewski's.  I used a VAX with 4.3BSD Unix,
>Berkley 5.3 uudecode, and zoo version 2.01.  The first attempt I made I
>did not include the last three lines in the fourth part (namely "size xxxx"
>and some blank lines).  I got a "Bad directory entry" error when un-zooing.
>When I included those lines, it decoded and un-zoo'ed fine.  Note: I did
>not include the "section size" lines or blank lines in the middle of the
>uuencoded text.

What is a zoo file and how do I extract anything from it..  You said you
had zoo version 2.01, is it a public domian program.  If so, where can I
get a copy..?

Please send any information to either: james@apollo.gl.pittsburgh.edu
				   or  the reply address above.


Douglas James
Advanced Graphics Lab
University of Pittsburgh