compressed file was ftpied in ascii mode needs recovery

raj2610 · #1 (**permalink**) 02-22-2006

I am unbale to uncompress a file which was compress then moved to another pc in ascii mode instead of binary mode. Is there any way to recover it. Please help us. While uncompress it is giving corrupt input.

gauravgoel · #2 (**permalink**) 02-22-2006

Hi,

I dont know the solution but telling ftp was between which two OS, may help to solve your problem,

Gaurav

raj2610 · #3 (**permalink**) 02-22-2006

Hi gourav, It is being ftpied from unix to windows operating system.

gauravgoel · #4 (**permalink**) 02-22-2006

Hi,

I know its a weird suggestion, but it is likely to work.

1) FTP the file back to unix machine from windows using ASCII mode
2) Now again FTP the file from unix to windows in BIN mode.

Gaurav

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