Did you ftp them binary ?
Retry the ftp again, making sure you're in binary mode
and not ASCII or Text mode.
HTH, Adoram
On 8 Mar 00, at 9:56, Matthew Halliday wrote:
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> I've had problems with some files downloaded from an ftp site.
> Unzipping the comes up with the following ...
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> gunzip icmake-6_22.tgz
> incomplete distance tree
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> gunzip: icmake-6_22.tgz: invalid compressed data--format violated
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> ... and tar gives a simillar message:
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> tar -xzvf icmake-6_22.tgz
> incomplete distance tree
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> gzip: stdin: invalid compressed data--format violated
> tar: Child returned status 1
> tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
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> These were downloaded using Netscape Navigator 6.1 on a WinNT 4
> Workstation machine. Does Windows corrupt the file on it's way
> through? Am I missing something basic and stupid?
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> One thing I did notice - NT changes any "." in the text to "_". I've
> tried leaving it as is and saving it with "." and get the same result.
> I've spent 10 hours on this and it's doing my head in! Can anyone help?
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> Matt
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> I've had problems with some files downloaded from an ftp site.
> Unzipping the comes up with the following ... <p><tt>gunzip
> icmake-6_22.tgz</tt> <br><tt> incomplete distance
> tree</tt><tt></tt> <p><tt>gunzip: icmake-6_22.tgz: invalid compressed
> data--format violated</tt> <p>... and tar gives a simillar message:
> <p><tt>tar -xzvf icmake-6_22.tgz</tt> <br><tt> incomplete distance
> tree</tt><tt></tt> <p><tt>gzip: stdin: invalid compressed data--format
> violated</tt> <br><tt>tar: Child returned status 1</tt> <br><tt>tar:
> Error exit delayed from previous errors</tt><tt></tt> <p><tt>These were
> downloaded using Netscape Navigator 6.1 on a WinNT 4 Workstation
> machine. Does Windows corrupt the file on it's way through?
> Am I missing something basic and stupid?</tt><tt></tt> <p><tt>One thing
> I did notice - NT changes any "." in the text to "_". I've tried
> leaving it as is and saving it with "." and get the same result.
> I've spent 10 hours on this and it's doing my head in! Can anyone
> help?</tt><tt></tt> <p><tt>Matt</tt></html>
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