schorsch@oxy.edu (Brent William Schorsch) (02/18/91)
in experementing with ftp, I have found some sites which encode 3 times, first with stufit(.sit) then binHex(.hqx) then compress from UNIX (.Z) I was wondering if I have to ftp from a unix machine, uncompress it and then ftp it to my mac or if there is a program that will let me uncompress it on my mac... Thanks! -Brent (schorsch@oxy.edu)
johnston@oscar.ccm.udel.edu (Bill Johnston) (02/20/91)
In article <146582@tiger.oxy.edu>, schorsch@oxy.edu (Brent William Schorsch) writes... >in experementing with ftp, I have found some sites which encode 3 times, >first with stufit(.sit) then binHex(.hqx) then compress from UNIX (.Z) >I was wondering if I have to ftp from a unix machine, uncompress it and then >ftp it to my mac or if there is a program that will let me uncompress >it on my mac... MacCompress will dearchive unix compressed files. It is available in the sumex archives (inet # 36.44.0.6) in the /info-mac/util directory. Note that ".Z" files have a binary format; you'll need to specify binary (not MacBinary) file type for all file transfers. MacKermit 0.98 allows the user to receive plain binary files; so far, I haven't found a way to do this with White Knight. -- Bill Johnston (johnston@oscar.ccm.udel.edu) -- 38 Chambers St.; Newark, DE 19711; (302)368-1949
gamorris@lescsse.uucp (Gary A. Morris) (02/21/91)
In <146582@tiger.oxy.edu> schorsch@oxy.edu (Brent William Schorsch) writes: >in experementing with ftp, I have found some sites which encode 3 times, >first with stufit(.sit) then binHex(.hqx) then compress from UNIX (.Z) It's usually a waste of time to compress twice (once with Stuffit and once with compress). >I was wondering if I have to ftp from a unix machine, uncompress it and then >ftp it to my mac or if there is a program that will let me uncompress >it on my mac... There is a MacCompress that will compress/uncompress Unix compress files. It's available from various archives, such as the listserver at rice (I don't have ftp, so that's where I get stuff). I just used it yesterday to compress a 45M database (down to 21M) on my Unix machine and then ftp it to my Mac where I uncompressed it. It's fast (much faster than Stuffit) though I have heard it has problems with uncompressing Mac applications sometimes. --GaryM -- Gary Morris Internet: gmorris@nasamail.nasa.gov Lockheed, Houston, Texas UUCP: lobster!lescsse!gamorris N5QWC/W5RRR Phone: +1 713 283 5195
ingemar@isy.liu.se (Ingemar Ragnemalm) (02/22/91)
gamorris@lescsse.uucp (Gary A. Morris) writes: >In <146582@tiger.oxy.edu> schorsch@oxy.edu (Brent William Schorsch) writes: >>in experementing with ftp, I have found some sites which encode 3 times, >>first with stufit(.sit) then binHex(.hqx) then compress from UNIX (.Z) >It's usually a waste of time to compress twice (once with Stuffit and once >with compress). >>I was wondering if I have to ftp from a unix machine, uncompress it and then >>ftp it to my mac or if there is a program that will let me uncompress >>it on my mac... >There is a MacCompress that will compress/uncompress Unix compress files. >It's available from various archives, such as the listserver at rice (I >don't have ftp, so that's where I get stuff). >I just used it yesterday to compress a 45M database (down to 21M) on my >Unix machine and then ftp it to my Mac where I uncompressed it. It's >fast (much faster than Stuffit) though I have heard it has problems with >uncompressing Mac applications sometimes. I once used MacCompress to compress some MacPaint files. When I wanted them again, I had forgotten what settings I had been using. No, no, MacCompress won't remember that for you... It took a few tries to get it back, and then the files didn't get the right file type, so I had to correct each file back to "MPNT"/"PNTG" by hand. (Was that the problem you thought about, with "applications"?) Last time I use MacCompress for anything but uncompressing text files! As far as I remember, it does not have very good compression either. Of course, text files are quite easy to compress by 50%. -- Ingemar Ragnemalm Dept. of Electrical Engineering ...!uunet!mcvax!enea!rainier!ingemar .. University of Linkoping, Sweden ingemar@isy.liu.se
gamorris@lescsse.uucp (Gary A. Morris) (02/28/91)
In <ingemar.667207012@stuart> ingemar@isy.liu.se (Ingemar Ragnemalm) writes: >gamorris@lescsse.uucp (Gary A. Morris) writes: >>I just used it yesterday to compress a 45M database (down to 21M) on my >>Unix machine and then ftp it to my Mac where I uncompressed it. It's >>fast (much faster than Stuffit) though I have heard it has problems with >>uncompressing Mac applications sometimes. >I once used MacCompress to compress some MacPaint files. When I wanted them >again, I had forgotten what settings I had been using. No, no, MacCompress >won't remember that for you... It took a few tries to get it back, and then >the files didn't get the right file type, so I had to correct each file back >to "MPNT"/"PNTG" by hand. (Was that the problem you thought about, with >"applications"?) No, it turns out the problem uncompressing applications was not the fault of MacCompress at all but was caused by Gatekeeper not allowing it do the operations it needed to recreate the application file. Adding it to Gatekeepers permission list solved the problem. --GaryM -- Gary Morris Internet: gmorris@nasamail.nasa.gov Lockheed, Houston, Texas UUCP: lobster!lescsse!gamorris N5QWC/W5RRR Phone: +1 713 283 5195