simply use binary transfer mode for binary files.
you apparently used ascii mode in your ftp client.
/k
Thomas Rasmussen([EMAIL PROTECTED])@2001.04.22 16:02:22 +0000:
> I tryed to download the qmail-1.03.tar.gz many times now - but the
> following error always returns. What should I do????
>
> And can I download it directly from the server? If yes - which command
> and server do I connect to???? Right now I download it to my windows
> machine and afterwards upload it to my server.
>
>
> tar: Skipping to next header
>
> gzip: stdin: invalid compressed data--crc error
>
> gzip: stdin: invalid compressed data--length error
> tar: 381 garbage bytes ignored at end of archive
> tar: Child returned status 1
> tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
>
>
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