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From: hardin@hpindda.HP.COM (John Hardin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: uudecode and downloading
Message-ID: <4330014@hpindda.HP.COM>
Date: Tue, 1-Dec-87 14:17:17 EST
Article-I.D.: hpindda.4330014
Posted: Tue Dec  1 14:17:17 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 5-Dec-87 11:08:06 EST
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>I have recently saved a bunch of uuencoded files off the network.
>I then have extracted them using uudecode.  This then leaves me
>with a binary arc format file.  I have then downloaded this file
>using Kermit from the Pyramid (on which I access the network) to
>my AT&T 6300 running DOS 2.11.  When I go to dearc the files,
>though, I get a CRC error.  This has happened consistently over
>at least three arc files sent in uuencode format.  Any suggestions?
>
>-- Ari Zymelman
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Kermit will default to text (7-bit) transfer.  You need to issue
the command "set file type binary" to Kermit before transmitting
the file.