[comp.sys.mac.apps] Looked for unstuffed StuffIt and BinHex

BR.JWF@forsythe.stanford.edu (Jay Field) (05/10/91)

Hello,

I am looking for StuffIt and BinHex.  On the wuarchive ftp site
there are both programs, but each ends with a .sit   Does that
mean that they are in StuffIt encoded format?  Where does one get
a non-stuffed StuffIt through ftp?

Thanks,

Jay Field
The Research Libraries Group, Inc.
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johnston@oscar.ccm.udel.edu (05/11/91)

In article <1991May10.162642.15193@morrow.stanford.edu>, BR.JWF@forsythe.stanford.edu (Jay Field) writes...

>I am looking for StuffIt and BinHex.  On the wuarchive ftp site
>there are both programs, but each ends with a .sit   Does that
>mean that they are in StuffIt encoded format?  Where does one get
>a non-stuffed StuffIt through ftp?

How to beat the catch-22: 

To begin at the beginning, get /info-mac/util/binhex4.bin
by anonymous ftp in BINARY mode.

Then, set the filetype to ASCII and 
get /info-mac/util/unstuffit-deluxe-20.hqx.

Use any terminal emulator that recognizes MacBinary files (most do)
to download BinHex 4.0 to your Mac.  Download unstuffit-deluxe-20.hqx
and unBinHex it with the "DownLoad --> Application" command.

That accomplished, the rest of the net archives are easy. 

Bill (johnston@minnie.me.udel.edu)

johnston@oscar.ccm.udel.edu (05/11/91)

In article <53236@nigel.ee.udel.edu>, johnston@oscar.ccm.udel.edu writes...
>In article <1991May10.162642.15193@morrow.stanford.edu>, BR.JWF@forsythe.stanford.edu (Jay Field) writes...

I apologize for the follow-up on my own answer to a novice question,
but I got mail complaining that my "solution to the net.catch-22"
omitted the net address of the sumex archives that I referred to.

>>Where does one get a non-stuffed StuffIt through ftp?

>How to beat the catch-22: 

FTP to sumex-aim.stanford.edu [36.44.0.6], and then:

To begin at the beginning, get /info-mac/util/binhex4.bin
by anonymous ftp in BINARY mode.

Then, set the filetype to ASCII and 
get /info-mac/util/unstuffit-deluxe-20.hqx.

Use any terminal emulator that recognizes MacBinary files (most do)
to download BinHex 4.0 to your Mac.  Download unstuffit-deluxe-20.hqx
and unBinHex it with the "DownLoad --> Application" command.

That accomplished, the rest of the net archives are easy. 

Bill (johnston@minnie.me.udel.edu)