ralph@cbnewsj.att.com (Ralph Brandi) (10/09/90)
In article <2710a373.5e51@petunia.CalPoly.EDU>, mjohnson@riglow.acs.calpoly.edu (Mark S. Johnson) writes: > Several people wrote saying that they, too, have had trouble with the > Compactor "self extracting archive" of Disinfectant 2.2. Others wrote > saying that they had no problem at all launching the ".sea" archive. > "de-binhexing" it on my Mac, then double clicking to launch/extract it. > I USUALLY use "xbin -b" to de-binhex ".hqx" files on a Unix host, > followed by a MacBinary transfer to my Mac. This method, however, has > not worked for me when downloading ANY ".sea" file. I had the same problem with the self-extracting archive after getting it from acns.nwu.edu and running xbin on the VAX. I was able to decompress the file using the Extractor application. -- Ralph Brandi ralph@mtunq.att.com att!mtunq!ralph The preceding are not the opinions of AT&T, CDI, or their lackeys. Anyone who says otherwise is itching for a fight.
joseph@cooper.cooper.EDU (Joe Giannuzzi) (10/13/90)
in article <2710a373.5e51@petunia.CalPoly.EDU>, mjohnson@riglow.acs.calpoly.edu (Mark S. Johnson) says: > > Several people wrote saying that they, too, have had trouble with the > Compactor "self extracting archive" of Disinfectant 2.2. Others wrote > saying that they had no problem at all launching the ".sea" archive. Using Stuffit Deluxe, I took the BinHex'd version of Disinfectant 2.2 from the Sumex archives and debinhex'd it. This, at least according to Stuffit, worked fine. When I double-clicked on the self extracting archive, it gave the archive error mentioned previously. So, I then debinhex'd Compactor, also from the Sumex archives, and ran that. From there I opened the Disinfectant 2.2 "sea" file, then extracted it from within Compactor itself. This worked fine. Hope this helps someone solve whatever this bug might be. Joseph -> joseph@cooper.cooper.edu OR cmcl2!cooper!joseph Disclaimer -> You are dealing with the nonsensical ravings of a lunatic mind