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From: tadguy@cs.odu.edu (Tad Guy)
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Subject: Re: Yeah, what's .Z (or how do I unshar?)
Message-ID: <TADGUY.90Jan11183710@diatomite.cs.odu.edu>
Date: 11 Jan 90 23:37:10 GMT
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In-reply-to: warb@faatcrl.UUCP's message of 11 Jan 90 03:22:18 GMT

In article <1157@faatcrl.UUCP> warb@faatcrl.UUCP (Dan Warburton) writes:
> In article <25AAB4A2.4638@paris.ics.uci.edu>, rang@paris.ics.uci.edu writes:
> > 	I downloaded some binaries from xanth with .uu?.Z extensions. ...
> 
> you did set binary when you ftp'd them?...

xanth forces users to use binary mode when retrieving files ending in
.Z, .tar, .arc, .zoo, and .wrp, regardless of the casing of the
extension (attempting to transfer such files in ascii mode results in:

``550 filename: Probably a BINARY file.  Perhaps you should set TYPE I first.''

It probably should be extended to include .lhw, .lzh, and .zip ...
	...tad