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#.000 files

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#193400From: Kermit A. LongOct 1, 1995 1:20 PM
do you know how to uncompress a .000 file or what program it take's? I have no Idea and need any help I can get! Thank's also for the file's you gave me last time I was here It helped alot ! Looking forward to hering from you! Kermit….
#193437From: Anne BrownOct 1, 1995 7:16 PM
Kermit – I believe that .000 files are from your WINCIM file cabinet right? After a download? Rename it to what you expected to find as a file – hopefully you kept track of what you were downloading. So if you expected to see a .TXT, rename it to that and it should work. Anne (Anyone else who knows this – chime in; I'm not really positive on this question)
#193467From: Robert C. RitgerOct 2, 1995 12:12 AM
Anne: .000 can be appended to downloaded files when using several software packages. I've had it happen in GoCIS as well. I usually do as you said, rename the file to have the proper extension. Often the file is a .zip file, txt or a .gif. – Bob Ritger
#193475From: James Coulter[Mindscape]Oct 2, 1995 1:30 AM
Yes that's correct. WinCIM creates these under certain circumstances. .000 are placeholder files for CIS files marked for download. If you mark a file and then don't download it, the .000 temp file will stick around, but be a null file. I usually don't have any trouble with this when downloading from forums, but when I receive e-mail files sometimes WinCim doesn't rename them after the download. Simple renaming solves the problem. — James — Choreo Motion — — James — Choreo Motion —
#193540From: Tim Krego, [pro.image]Oct 2, 1995 1:35 PM
>Yes that's correct. WinCIM creates these under certain circumstances. .000 are placeholder files for CIS files marked for download. If you mark a file and then don't download it, the .000 temp file will stick around, but be a null file.< Every time I have had a .000 file it has been from a d/l that didn't complete. You have to delete them just like you said.
#193674From: James Coulter[Mindscape]Oct 3, 1995 1:10 AM
I seem to get a lot of NONAME.00? files when people send me images via e-mail. The files are always complete and readable. It's as if the sender didn't give the file a destination name, so WinCIM just creates its own. I haven't had that happen for quite a while though. — James — Choreo Motion —