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Poster: .NetRolller 3D Date: Aug 28, 2007 12:55pm
Forum: web Subject: BUG: Binary files corrupted/truncated on download

There is a strange bug in the WM: when you try to download a binary file from the archive (such as the one found at http://web.archive.org/web/20010615045539/http://www.strong.sat.hu/soft/softs/4355_0222ce.zip), the file ends up becoming truncated on *every* download. Worsening this problem is the fact that there is no resume support. This essentially makes downloading archived binary files impossible, as a few bytes will always be missing, just enough to make the entire file unusable in most cases. I'm trying to download the file found at the link I included as an example, as well as a few other files I need, but the files always end up truncated. Trying to download with Free Download Manager fails entirely, because it notices the truncation and tries to resume, but resume is unsupported, so it just sits there.

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Poster: Smogger Date: Nov 27, 2007 9:54pm
Forum: web Subject: Re: BUG: Binary files corrupted/truncated on download

I have noticed this also. I have been trying to get some old drivers, and part of the file is always missing.

http://web.archive.org/web/19971210193954/http://www.fargo.com/persona/crdmkr1.exe
http://web.archive.org/web/19971210193954/http://www.fargo.com/persona/crdmkr2.exe

I know some of the data is there, because I can open it in WinRAR and get a list of file names, but thats it.

Anyone know what is going on?

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Poster: Smogger Date: Nov 28, 2007 12:05am
Forum: web Subject: Re: BUG: Binary files corrupted/truncated on download

After much fooling around, I figured it out.

Open the file in a hex editor, and add "00" at the end.

For some reason this is being omitted when the file is downloaded.