stuart@ihlpa.ATT.COM (S. D. Ericson) (06/28/89)
In a previous article, I asked if anyone had a bin <-> hex program that works on SYS V (my employer's preference :-). Well, I now have a copy of the GREAT mcvert program that runs on SYS V (release 2), if anyone else would like it. Hey, I suppose I could even post it.... (if enough response). I have two questions about the package: 1) The .bin's created by mcvert seem to change a little, and from poking around, seem to change the 'last modified date'. -- Is this correct behavior? Or should this date field only be modified by the mac itself? 2) If I convert a hex file from the net to .bin, then back to .hqx, it is usually just a few bytes different from the original hex. (I do mean in all those 64-byte lines, I *expect* the mail/news headers to disappear!) Is this part of the "looseness" of the BinHex standard, or could there be a dormant bug here? Note: all subsequent .hqx -> .bin -> .hqx transfers produce the exact same .hqx output.... Stuart "If you knew how much I love you, you'd faint!" -- Johnny Jones, "Foreign Correspondent" -- Stuart Ericson AT&T Bell Laboratories | Note: area code 312 USEnet: att!ihlpa!stuart IH 1C215 | becomes 708 on ARPA: stuart@ihlpa.att.com 2000 N. Naperville Road | 11/1 Thanks to Voice: (312) 979-4491 Naperville, Il 60566-7033 | Illinois Bell :-(