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- I have a 2400 baud modem which I download files using kermit.
- Kermit signals that the file transfer went smoothly, with these
- setting:
- set file type binary
- set receive packet 740
- set block 2
- set window 4
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- However, whenever I download a file with the extensions .tar,
- .tar.Z, or .Z, the files are corrupt when I go to decompress them.
- I use the following commands:
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- (for .Z files) uncompress [file]
- (for .tar files) tar -xvf [file]
- (for .tar.Z files) zcat [file] | tar xvf -
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- I don
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- I don't know why the files turn out to be corrupt. Is it in the
- way I decompress them, or is it in my modem setup (I do NOT have
- hardware flow control, but this shouldn't make a difference if I
- use the /dev/cua port instead of the /dec/cufa port)
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- I am also using an even parity setting on my modem (do I need to
- set it for NO parity?
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- If ANYONE has any suggestions, PLEASE write me,
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- Thank You,
- Eric Hermanson
- zmonster@engin.umich.edu
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