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Article #799Re: HELP!!! downloading zipped files?!
From: JRO...
Date: Wed, 20 May 1992 13:51
Date: Wed, 20 May 1992 13:51
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In article <1992May20.0...@galileo.cc.rochester.edu> ddwa...@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (The Viceman) writes: > >I need help- I've tried on several occasions to download files from >my account onto my pc, but can't seem to get it to work. Every time >I do it, the file ends up being larger on my pc than the original, and >it won't unzip. WHY???!!!!! *** The most common cause of this is downloading in the wrong format. type binary at the prompt BEFORE downloading the file. Otherwise, you get the file as though it was a straight ASCII file, and scramble some of the ZIP elements.
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