Re: PTF Download

["Steve Landess" <sjl_abc@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ye be getting slow in yer old age like Booth, eh, matie?

<lol>
Steve

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jerry Adams" <jerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 1:21 PM
Subject: Re: PTF Download


> Steve,
>
> I knew that.  Duh!  It's Friday and I've been in since 0530.
>
> Thanks.
>
> * Jerry C. Adams
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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?
> > >
> > > --
> > > * Jerry C. Adams
> > > *IBM System i Programmer/Analyst
> > > B&W Wholesale Distributors, Inc.* *
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