On 19-Dec-97 Butch Kemper wrote: >At 08:19 -0600 on 12/19/97, Aaron Walker wrote: > > >> I am trying to unpack the newest kernel source in /usr/src. It goes >> along fine until it stops and says: >> <snip> > >The message from gzip makes me think the file was not downloaded as a >"binary" file but as a text file. I would suggest trying the download >again and explicitly specify the "binary" option.
I just got bit by this - I'd been spoiled by ncftp which defaults to binary mode and had to use plain ftp to upload my web page to my ISPs NT box. A .gif that I uploaded broke, and drove me crazy trying to figure out why. Failing to set binary was why. > >Butch > >Butch > >Butch Kemper | Free sound advice available >Kemper & Associates Consulting Group | "95% sound and 5% advice" >409-361-2324 | Refunds cheerfully provided > > > >-- >TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] . >Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . ----------------------------------------- Ralph Winslow [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mary bought a pair of skates upon the ice to frisk now wasn't that a crazy way her sweet young *? -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
