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Date:      Sat, 27 Dec 1997 17:46:11 -0500 (EST)
From:      Wei Weng <wweng@stevens-tech.edu>
To:        freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: file download ?
Message-ID:  <Pine.SGI.3.96.971227174328.6061A-100000@attila.stevens-tech.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.95.971228082236.22283C-100000@python.shoal.net.au>

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Isn't the ftp default mode binary mode? 
If it is not, use ncftp which supports command history and has some more
friendly commands. And I think the default mode is binary mode. I used it
all the time

Wei Weng wweng@stevens-tech.edu

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On Sun, 28 Dec 1997, Andrew wrote:

> Did you change to binary mode to download the file?
> 
> Andrew Perry
> 
> > 
> > Dear Sir 
> > I am a FreeBSD 2.2.1 user.
> > I downloaded the netscape file:
> >  navigator-v404-export.x86-unknown-freebsd.tar.gz .
> > And I unpacked it by: gzip -dc  navigator-v404-export.
> > x86-unknown-freebsd.tar.gz |tar -xvf -   .
> > 
> > But I got these messages:
> >  gzip:navigator-v404-export.x86-unknown-freebsd.tar.gz
> >  :unexpected end of file
> >  tar: unexpected EOF on archive file
> > 
> > Therefore , the file I downloaded might have a problem.
> > So I downloaded it again.
> > But when I used ncftp2 to download this file again,I
> > got a message "file existed" even after I removed the
> > file navigator-v404-export.x86-unknown-freebsd.tar.gz
> > by using the command "rv"  and "ls" to check it has been removed.
> > What's wrong with it?
> > What should I do to download this file again?
> > 
> > Thanks for your help
> > Happy new year
> > 
> > Gordon
> > 
> > 
> 




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