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- Path: sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!torn!newshost.uwo.ca!csd.uwo.ca!jamie
- From: jamie@csd.uwo.ca (J. Blustein)
- Subject: Re: Need help reading articles
- Reply-To: jamie@uwo.ca (J. Blustein)
- Organization: Computer Science Dept., Univ. of Western Ontario, London, Canada
- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 16:54:31 GMT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan23.165431.10465@julian.uwo.ca>
- Followup-To: alt.backrubs
- Summary: Files are compressed. Transfer with binary mode & use uncompress.
- Keywords: anonymous ftp
- References: <1993Jan22.133141.1@eagle.wesleyan.edu>
- Sender: news@julian.uwo.ca (USENET News System)
- Nntp-Posting-Host: berfert.csd.uwo.ca
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- In article <1992Dec8.002308.18606@julian.uwo.ca> I wrote:
- < An archive of alt.backrubs postings has been made available at
- <ftp.csd.uwo.ca [129.100.11.252] for anonymous ftp until 1 Feb 1993.
- <The files are in the directory pub/news/alt.backrubs. [...]
- < (Note that the files are
- <compressed: used binary mode to transfer them.) [...]
- <
- < The files will be at the site only until 1 Feb 1993. If anyone
- <wants they can put them somewhere else.
-
- The files are stored in a compressed form. To transfer the files
- use binary mode. Once you've got the files use uncompress to return
- them to a text form. If you need help to do this, ask your local
- system administrator.
-
- --
- James Blustein `Did you say "knives"?'
- <jamie@uwo.ca> `*Rotating* knives, yes.'
-