From: atari@cs.ruu.nl (Atari-ST Software)
Subject: Re: STZIP-2 Problems
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 09:45:54 GMT
Organization: Utrecht University, Dept. of Computer Science

In <1big3lINN2d2@golem.wcc.govt.nz> sheppard_r@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz writes:

>>>	Also, does anyone know how the original got corrupted?  I recall that
>>two people had posted the zip file...perhaps the second person's file was
>>messed up when they uploaded it, and when the archive person went to delete
>>one of the files, they deleted the wrong file?  Pure supposition, but the 
>>other alternative is that A.A. is corrupting files <SHUDDER!>.
>>
>
>I uploaded the STZIP2.TOS version to A.A and it was working, this came from 
>tu-berlin.de from memory..
When I was putting stzip20 in our Atari archive I found two versions of
STZIP20.TOS on my system. One had a size of 125 kbytes, the other was 80
kbytes or so (I removed it, so I can't check the real size).
The small file was corrupted. It refused to extract itself (no bombs or so, it
just did nothing), and I couldn't extract it with any archiver program. 
The big file extracted itself without problem. I tried the program, and it
seems to run fine.
Btw: the big file was the older than the small one.

>NOTE: it is a self extracting archive, you must copy it to a blank disk
>and then run it on drive A:\
Worked on drive D:\STZIP\ as well.

I've put this version of STZIP20 in our archive.
Note: It's not an self-extracting-archive anymore, I created a zoo file.

________________________________________________________________________
  We, Computer Science department, Utrecht University,  are  running  an
anonymous  FTP  server  on  one  of  our systems. In addition to the FTP
service we're also running a mail  server,  for  those  of  you  without
direct Internet access.


--> How to get 'STZIP20' via anonymous FTP:

    Site:     ftp.cs.ruu.nl  [131.211.80.17]
    Login:    "anonymous" or "ftp"
    Password: your own email address (you@your_domain)
    file:     /pub/ATARI-ST/utils/stzip20.zoo
    Don't forget to set binary mode !!


--> How to get 'STZIP20' via e-mail from our mail-server:

    NOTE: In the following I have assumed that your mail address is
	  "fred_flintstone@stone.age.edu"; of course you must substitute
	  your own address for this.

	  | Please use a VALID DOMAIN ADDRESS.
	  | Use 'hip!hop!user' if you must.
	  | Never use an address which has both '!' and '@' in it.
	  | Bitnetters use user@host.bitnet


    Send the following message to
		mail-server@cs.ruu.nl
    or the old-fashioned path alternative
		uunet!mcsun!sun4nl!ruuinf!mail-server

    begin
    path fred_flintstone@stone.age.edu (SUBSTITUTE _YOUR_ ADDRESS)
    send ATARI-ST/utils/stzip20.zoo
    end


The path command can be deleted if we receive a valid from address in your
message. If this is the first time you use our mail server, we suggest you
first issue the request:

      send HELP


  A complete "ls-lR" listing of the archive is  kept  in  the  top-level
directory, it will be updated every night. To get it, issue the command:

     send ls-lR.Z

  That's all for now. If you encounter problems using  the  FTP  service
and/or the mail-server, feel free to drop me a line (by e-mail, please).


Ate Brink

-- 
Ate Brink, Systems Administrator
Moderator of the Atari archive at the Utrecht University (ftp.cs.ruu.nl)
Email: ate@cs.ruu.nl
       atari@cs.ruu.nl  Use this if you want to upload a program to the archive.