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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:AMIGA NOTES
Notice:Join us in the *NEW* conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2
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Created:Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5378
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4402.0. "Kermiting: AMIGA to VAX, (zoo or gif) file looses bytes" by BSS::CALLAGHAN (last hymn is sung, Devil cries MORE) Sun Jan 06 1991 19:51

    
    
    	I've got what might be an old problem, can't remember the
    	solution to.
    
    	Created iff file with DigiView, IFF2GIFed it, 
    	kermited it to vax, and it comes out missing the GI in 
    	GIF78a that should be the first few characters of the file.
    	 (thus no good)
    
    	I zoo'ed it (with ZOO version 2.0) shipped the file over
    	to the vax with kermit, and unzooing produces bad headers.
    
    	I tried pulling a ZOO from TAPE2::, kermited it from the
    	vax to my amiga, and it unzooed fine.
    
    	Kermit is VMS Kermit-32 version 3.3.117, and ATALKIII Kermit
    	V 1.2d.
    
    	I'm using set file type block on the vax and have tried binary
    	and text on the atalkIII.
    
    	Any suggestions would be really appreciated.
    
    						Jack
    
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4402.1WJG::GUINEAUSun Jan 06 1991 20:1313
    
>    	I zoo'ed it (with ZOO version 2.0) shipped the file over
>    	to the vax with kermit, and unzooing produces bad headers.
    

Once you upload to VMS, run the cvtarc program on it (wjg::amiga:cvtarc.exe).
You need to make cvtarc a foriegn command.

$ cvtarc :== $dev:[directory]cvtarc
$ cvtarc u file.zoo
$ zoo -l  file

john
4402.2LHARC is the way to go.GIDDAY::MORANI'm not bad-I'm just drawn that way!Sun Jan 06 1991 21:307
    
    Better Still,
    
    Don't use ZOO use Lharc. You very rarely have to use CVTARC then.
    
    Shaun.
    
4402.3Still in trouble!BSS::CALLAGHANlast hymn is sung, Devil cries MOREMon Jan 07 1991 18:3649

   RE:<<< Note 4402.1 by WJG::GUINEAU >>>

> Once you upload to VMS, run the cvtarc program on it(wjg::amiga:cvtarc.exe).
   > You need to make cvtarc a foriegn command.
    
    I did a backward search  in the notes and found something like this
   from before, I'd of course asked the same question, (brain death |-< )

	So I gave it a shot and heres what happened:
    
    	Kermited file over, it looks like:
    
    DZOO.ZOO;1                    File ID:  (967,4,0)
    Size:          268/270        Owner:    [SYSTEM]
    Created:   6-JAN-1991 18:35:50.80
    Revised:   6-JAN-1991 19:00:55.56 (2)
    Expires:   <None specified>
    Backup:    <No backup recorded>
    File organization:  Sequential
    File attributes:    Allocation: 270, Extend: 0, Global buffer count: 0
                        No version limit
    Record format:      Variable length
    Record attributes:  None
    RMS attributes:     None
    Journaling enabled: None
    File protection:    System:RWED, Owner:RWED, Group:RE, World:
    Access Cntrl List:  None
       
    Zooing produces:
   
   BLKICE_[SYSMGR]>>zoo -l dzoo.zoo
   Archive user$:[amiga]dzoo.zoo;1:
   Zoo:  ERROR:  Archive user$:[amiga]dzoo.zoo;1:  Invalid or corrupted archive.
   BLKICE_[SYSMGR]>>

   CVTARC produces:
   
   BLKICE_[SYSMGR]>>cvtarc u dzoo.zoo dzooc.zoo
   BLKICE_[SYSMGR]>>zoo l dzooc.zoo

Archive user$:[amiga]dzooc.zoo;1:
Zoo:  ERROR:  Archive user$:[amiga]dzooc.zoo;1:  Invalid or corrupted archive.

	
	Any thoughts???


4402.4WJG::GUINEAUMon Jan 07 1991 21:105
try cvtarc v (not u).

Are you sure it's a ZOO file? Try lharc and arc to be sure..

john