RE: onweb

I downloaded the DEC/Compaq version from intraware and unzipped it using NetZip 6.30.45 (which I believe was purchased; sorry). I wasable to install OnWeb or ISA, but the README in the zipped file seemed to have some missing CR characters, so I had to edit the file for readability. Maybe intraware needs to ensure that the *tar file is okay before ftp'ing and zipping in Windows. Best regards, Edmund Nigel Gall Senior Information Systems Specialist Process Plant Services Limited Atlantic Avenue, Point Lisas Industrial Estate Point Lisas, Couva, Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. Tel: (868) 636 2906 x 274 Fax: (868) 679 3770 -----Original Message----- From: Info Temp [mailto:inf999@cap-az.com] Sent: 2000 February 01 10:41 AM To: Karl Johan Gr'ttum Cc: informix-list@iiug.org Subject: Re: onweb Karl Johan Gr'ttum wrote: > Sih Jenny wrote: > > > > Hi! > > > > Has anyone tried downloading from this site? > > > > I have downloaded ok. Unzipped the file using winzip and then ftp to the > > Unix server. When I tar the file > > (tar xvf <file name>) it came out with an error "directory checksum error". > > Does anyone know what is wrong? > > > > Thanks, > > Jenny. > > > You have to use: > InfoZIP UnZip > UnZip is an extraction utility for archives compressed in .zip format > (also called "zipfiles"), > compatible both with PKWARE's PKZIP and PKUNZIP utilities for MS-DOS and > with Info-ZIP's own Zip program. It is also capable of extracting files > encrypted by Info-ZIP's ZipCloak. > > For more information, visit the Info-ZIP Web Site: > http://www.intraware.com/free/infozip.html I had the same (or similar) problem with that download for AIX. I couldn't get unzip, or info-zip or any kind of UNIX extraction to work. I was able to use win-zip to extract at least some of the files. I don't recall if the win-zip failed with the checksum error mentioned or if the subsequent steps failed because of missing files. Intraware was no help at all with this. I sent a detailed message telling step by step what had been done (including the failed attempt with info-zip) and their reply was, "We use info-zip." Plain and simple, short and sweet. I like that in an answer. carlos