damour@rocket.UUCP (Kevin Damour) (07/18/89)
Just a quick question - How can a binary version of a stuffit file from a source like uunet be unstuffed on a mac? I have tried setting the file type to SIT! and I get a bad or damaged header warning message when I try to unpack it. Is there an easy way that I have overlooked? Thank you, Kevin Damour Sanders, A Lockheed Co. uunet!rocket!damour
roland@dna.lth.se (Roland Mansson) (07/22/89)
In article <680@rocket.UUCP> damour@rocket.UUCP (Kevin Damour) writes: > > Just a quick question - How can a binary version of a >stuffit file from a source like uunet be unstuffed on a mac? >I have tried setting the file type to SIT! and I get a >bad or damaged header warning message when I try to unpack it. >Is there an easy way that I have overlooked? Some things to think about 1) You must use *binary* ftp to transfer the file from uunet to your host. 2) The StuffIt file may be stored as MacBinary (BinHex 5), probably with extension ".bin". If you download it from your host to your mac with MacBinary [xyz]modem, it will show up on your mac as a StuffIt file with the proper icon. If you don't have a program that does MacBinary file transfers, use ordinary *binary* [xyz]modem or *binary* Kermit and then decode it with BinHex 5. 3) A StuffIt file has only a data fork. It may be stored in that way on a host. If it is, then download it as a normal binary file (not as a MacBinary file). Then use ResEdit or another tool to change the file type and creator to "SIT!" (case sensitive). -- Roland Mansson, Lund University Computing Center, Box 783, S220 07 Lund, Sweden Phone: +46-46107436 Fax: +46-46138225 Bitnet: roland_m@seldc52 Internet: roland_m@ldc.lu.se or roland_m%ldc.lu.se@uunet.uu.net UUCP: {uunet,mcvax}!sunic!ldc.lu.se!roland_m AppleLink: SW0022
bytebug@dhw68k.cts.com (Roger L. Long) (07/24/89)
In article <1989Jul21.195445.23775@lth.se> Roland Mansson writes: >3) A StuffIt file has only a data fork. It may be stored in that way > on a host. If it is, then download it as a normal binary file > (not as a MacBinary file). Then use ResEdit or another tool to > change the file type and creator to "SIT!" (case sensitive). If my memory serves, I believe that option-open or bucky-open will allow you to attempt to open any file as a StuffIt archive. -- Roger L. Long bytebug@dhw68k.cts.com