Re: PTF Download

[Jerry Adams <jerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Steve,

I knew that.  Duh!  It's Friday and I've been in since 0530.

Thanks.

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Steve Landess wrote:
> Jerry -
>
> Right-click on one of the PC files and select Properties, and review the 
> "Size" vs "Size on Disk".
>
> The "Size" value should match the IBM byte count.
>
> Steve
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jerry Adams" <jerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Midrange-L" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 11:53 AM
> Subject: PTF Download
>
>
>   
> > I usually get my PTF's (CUME, Groups, etc.) from Fix Central via FTP.
> > Originally I downloaded them to my PC and cut CD's.  Now I download
> > straight to the image catalogue and cut out the middle man.
> >
> > Part of the download is a text file with the byte count of each image.
> > The accompanying text says "The byte count for the PTF file is exact
> > since the transfer is done in binary."  But every time I look at the
> > downloaded images in Windows Explorer the size is invariably smaller
> > than what the text specifies.
> >
> > I always go along blithely (blindly?) and install the PTF's.  Never had
> > a (known) problem, but I was just wondering why the counts differ.  If
> > Windows Explorer is reporting the wrong size, should I be using
> > something else to check out the image sizes?
> >
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> > * Jerry C. Adams
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