Files at ThePits

I got a problem with the zip-files at ThePits. They seem to be corrupt because the Pkunzip always writes that I should use Pkzipfix, even self-extracting files. Is version 2.04g the latest??? Thanx in advance Mike

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> I got a problem with the zip-files at ThePits. They seem to be corrupt > because the Pkunzip always writes that I should use Pkzipfix, even > self-extracting files. Is version 2.04g the latest??? > Thanx in advance > Mike

I too had this problem as files were trying to overwrite themselves during extraction. The solution is to change the last letter before the .exe and then run the programme this seems to cure the problem. Dave

Mike, I was having the same prob intermittently(sp.?), mostly with ICR2NCAR download. For some reason only_this_file kept say D/L complete after receiving 90k to 350k, actual "Zipped" size of this file is around 530k. Anyway someone posted that thay had (P.S. this was at US Mirror 6 weeks ago) it at their Web Site, more local to me (Minnesota, USA) and it D/L'd first time complete ! Hope this helps. Maybe someone can get you an alternate URL to try. Happy Lappin'! Wade Tschida #49 DB Motorsports

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>> I got a problem with the zip-files at ThePits. They seem to be corrupt >> because the Pkunzip always writes that I should use Pkzipfix, even >> self-extracting files. Is version 2.04g the latest??? >> Thanx in advance >> Mike >Mike, >I was having the same prob intermittently(sp.?), mostly with ICR2NCAR >download. For some reason only_this_file kept say D/L complete after receiving >90k to 350k, actual "Zipped" size of this file is around 530k. Anyway someone >posted that thay had (P.S. this was at US Mirror 6 weeks ago) it at their Web >Site, more local to me (Minnesota, USA) and it D/L'd first time complete ! Hope >this helps. Maybe someone can get you an alternate URL to try. >Happy Lappin'! >Wade Tschida >#49 DB Motorsports

That was me...I've got all the files posted at my web site in case anyone wants them. There's also a 00_index.txt (a'la Wustl and walnut creek (cdrom.com)) describing what each file is for. http://www.tc.umn.edu/nlhome/m064/char0011/ go to the bottom of the page, and check out where it says "the things I'd spend too much money on if I had too much money to spend' or something like that and look around the rest of the page and PLEASE hit my web counter while you are there...it's been there since feb 7 and it hasn't broken 30 hits :( -Bill

Sorry about the problems with the files. Yes a lot of them don't extract properly because the file name is the same as the file inside (?!). This means it trys to overwrite itself on extracting. A tempory get around is to rename the self extracting EXE file to something like BOB.EXE or FOOBAR.EXE before extracting. We're current;y doing an update and were renameing the files. SOme files at the US mirror have become corrupt. Due to the lack of bandwidth and drop-outs, when sending files to the use they got a bit screwed up. I am working on it and resending them. Jed The Pits www.ukps.com/thepits www.fwb.gulf.net/~jkohl/thepits