I recently received a GZ file (Linux binary compressed with gzip) as a base64 attachment to an email. When I viewed the msg in my inbox, Arachne showed me that there was an attached file. I clicked on the link to extract it, and then got a screen offering to copy it to the directory where I normally save downloads. In both that directory and the cache, the extracted GZ attachment contained 40517 bytes. When I tried to use gunzip to decompress the gz, gunzip failed to do it. I then used Frank Pilhofer's UUDEVIEW to manually extract the attachment from the CNM. This time the GZ file was 40516 bytes--one less. And gunzip was able to decompress it. I imported the CNM into Pegasus, and used its internal extraction function to extract the file. It also produced a good file of 40516 bytes. Using PC-Mag's visual compare utility, I discovered that the only difference between the two files is a null. The 40516-byte file which was good has a single null as its last byte. The 40517-byte file extracted by Arachne ends with a second null. -- ...This msg brought to you by NEIL PARKS Beachwood, Ohio mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.en.com/users/neparks/
