On 1/3/01 10:12 am, David Bovill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hoping someone on the list can help with this. I need to ftp the Linux MC
> engine up onto a clients server, and I can't unstuff it! I can untar it, but
> it is the GNU Zip format that is causing me the problem.
>
> I am working on a Mac, and if I unstuff the downloaded Linux distribution
> with Stuffit Expander and then ftp it the file gets corrupted. I've had this
> headache before, and I am sure someone else is likely to in the future, so
> an answer posted to the list should be useful reference for everyone.
>
> I guess I need to know how:
>
> 1) To unstuff the distribution properly on the Mac
The latest version of Stuffit on the Mac does this OK for me. Be sure that
when you upload you have your ftp client set to binary afterwards.
> 2) Better - know how to use Telnet to see if I can unzip the file on the
> server.
gunzip whateverfile.gz
> The latter I am sure is straight forward particularly with the included
> shell scripts, but I guess this is dependent on the machine the other end
> having the right application to unzip it, and my knowing the path?
Usually it seems to just work. But if not you can always upload a gunzip
program too. If you have telnet access, another way of doing it is ftp
transferring the file direct from the MC site to the destination server,
then doing all the unpacking on the command line over there and deleting the
extra files.
Regards,
Kevin
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