Re: [MacPerl] Anarchie FTP question

["Paul J. Schinder" <schinder@pobox.com>]

On Fri, Sep 04, 1998 at 12:44:38AM -0500, Dan Bongert wrote:
} In attempting to convert a batch FTP script from unix to Mac, I have run
} into a problem. I think I'm doing everything right, but I get AppleEvent
} timeouts. It's supposed to take a partial file location like:
} 	gui/glidel-38.hqx
} or
} 	[Archived as /info-mac/gui/glidel-38.hqx; 36K]
} and get it from the Info-Mac mirror in $base (hard coded for now). I run
} the script, Anarchie launches, and the download starts, but the script
} stops because of a
} 	# OS error -1712 (Error message file not available)

Have you checked to see whether this error message is right?  It seems
to me Anarchie is telling you the file isn't there.  The Info-Mac
archives don't always immediately have the stuff in the latest
Info-Mac digest.

[snip]

} Dan Bongert                   | Hire the Morally Handicapped--It's More Fun!
} dbongert@students.wisc.edu    | National Institute for the Morally Handicapped
} herkimer@upl.cs.wisc.edu      | http://www.upl.cs.wisc.edu/~herkimer
} 

----
Paul Schinder
schinder@pobox.com

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