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- From: nates@ll.mit.edu ( Nate Smith)
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- Subject: Re: Help me "self-extract" PCIGC44Z.EXE
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.150540.15957@ll.mit.edu>
- Date: 30 Dec 92 15:05:40 GMT
- References: <92365.000051PEF2@psuvm.psu.edu>
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- In article <92365.000051PEF2@psuvm.psu.edu> Per Fjelstad <PEF2@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
- >
- >I introduced one possibly significant irregularity in transferring the file to
- >my home computer. I needed to reduce the record length to get VM's command
- >"pctrans" to move the file. I did this by running it through VM's simulations
- >of the Unix "Compress" _and_ "Decompress" commands. On the return "Decompress"
- >operation, I choose an option that reduced the length of the records in the
- >output file. With this done, I was able to download the file to my PC.
- >
- >1. Might I have distorted the file by sending it through that sequence?
-
- yes. you probably did. the .exe file is already compressed, so it wont
- do to compress & uncompress it another time. if there is a way to move it
- "as is", in binary mode, to the PC without any emulations getting in the way,
- then that is the way to go. however, if you cant ftp from the PC to the
- archive site, and the Vax doesnt allow you to move it "as is" without some
- fiddling with the record size, then you may be stuck. :-(
-
- i use a version of ftp on my PC to move from my mainframe area to my PC.
- maybe its the constraints of "pctrans" that is intractable.
- >
- >2. Or was my original understanding wrong that I just needed to type the
- > filename, once the file was on my PC, to get a working program?
-
- as adrian pointed out (new for me too!), the pkunzip program will unzip a
- self-extracting archive and try to inform you of errors. the problem may
- be that by the time the file made it to your PC (i think) it is corrupted.
- >
- >Per Fjelstad (3k),
-
- this isnt any help - just speculation!
-