file transfer problems

[Steve Green]

In article <colin.663132503 at citrus> colin at citrus.citr.uq.oz (Colin Lythall) writes:
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>Files compressed up with compress on an Ultrix box
>Transferred to a Mac using NCSA Telnet with MacBinary checked
>Archived onto an Apple Tape SC40 in Mac format
>Retrieved from Tape onto Mac floppies
>Read into the AUX system from floppy.
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Compressed files are on Ultrix box are not in MacBinary format.  MacBinary is
a way to combine the 2 forked Mac file into a single stream.

Use binary ftp not MacBinary and when you go to copy the files to A/UX, you
must make sure that the file type is NOT TEXT.  If it is, then the file will
be "converted" and in the .Z case, destroyed.  If it is not, then the file
will be copied in AppleSingle format.  That is, finder info, resources, and
data fork all lumped into 1 file.  You can use fcnvt to get what you want;
the data fork.  fcnvt -i single -o double filename newfilename.  You should 
then be able to uncompress the newfilename.  (Make sure its got .Z).

On another note, if the file type is "A/UX", then the file will be copied into
AppleDouble right away and you can skip the fcnvt step.

BTW, you can delete the %newfilename file.
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