Re: [Pan-users] pan on windows

[John Wendel]

Just to add to the confusion ...

I'm using PAN on a Linux Mint box and also see these ".msg" and ".ERROR" 
files. But only on a small subset of the binary files I download.  I 
have no clue what triggers this behavior.

I also see the actual data files split into many smaller files with one 
file having the expected name and the rest (sometimes thousands) having 
the same filename with "COPY_NNNN" inserted into the name, where NNNN is 
a sequential number from 1 to the number of files.

I just delete the ERROR files.

I use "cat" at the command line to join all the "COPY" parts into a 
single file which produces the desired output file.

I've got a couple of shell scripts that do the job, so I'm OK with it.

Thanks to all you guys for the help.

John

On 3/25/22 10:36, Sarah Taylor wrote:
> I have something that is similar or identical in binary newgroups. I
> am adding this comment in hope it adds something. This happened to me
> some time ago. If I try to save attachments I get a small .ERRORS
> file. I can see the picture just fine in the body pane. If I download
> the text I get a .msg file which size varies according to the content.
> If I download both text and attachments I get two .ERROR files plus a
> .msg file. If I download only the text, I only get a .msg file.
>
> I then can use a program called UUD64Win from http:/www.marks-lab.com
> that I point at the .msg file and the picture extracts just fine.  I
> had not made any changes in my PAN settings, or re-compiled or
> whatever. I suspect that M$ Windows 10 had some sort of update that
> spoiled things. The .ERROR files have a string such as: "ERROR: Write
> error on target file C:\Users\sarah\AppData\Local\Temp\uuH111I1: Bad
> file descriptor". There is lots of room on my C: drive.