Xref: utzoo comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d:2266 comp.sys.ibm.pc:26018 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!killer!wnp From: wnp@killer.Dallas.TX.US (Wolf Paul) Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d,comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Help! Having problems with FTPed files. Message-ID: <7531@killer.Dallas.TX.US> Date: 13 Mar 89 20:47:48 GMT References: Reply-To: wnp@killer.Dallas.TX.US (Wolf Paul) Organization: The Unix(R) Connection BBS, Dallas, Tx Lines: 14 In article ssdesai@elbereth.rutgers.edu (Sunil S. Desai) writes: >I am having problems using FTPed files on my PC. I open FTP connection, >login, type BINARY and then get the file. I believe it depends on what system you are ftp'ing file from. If you are getting binary files (i.e. *.arc, *.zoo, *.Z, etc.) from SIMTEL20, you are supposed to use TENEX mode, not BINARY mode. The symptoms you are describing (not quoted) are consistent with that sort of error. -- Wolf N. Paul * 3387 Sam Rayburn Run * Carrollton TX 75007 * (214) 306-9101 UUCP: killer!wnp ESL: 62832882 DOMAIN: wnp@killer.dallas.tx.us TLX: 910-380-0585 EES PLANO UD