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In article <10534@discus.technion.ac.il>, s2848443@techst02.technion.ac.il (Ophir Herbst) writes:
> 
> I want to ftp some files for the mac, from garbo.uwasa.fi for instance.
> I ftp'ed the file into my unix platform, and since I don't have any direct
> connection to the mac i had to move it to my PC and from my PC to the mac.
> The problem is that i can't make the file running. The files are usually in
> StaffIt form (.sit), but when I transfer them to the mac they become plain
> documents. I tried (and succedded) changing their attributes (?) into SIT! 
> (using ResEdit) and they became stuffit files allright, but when I tried openingthem via unstuffit all it could do is say something like 'bad header - save
> what you can and run' which was not too helpfull.
> Does anybody have some piece of information I'm missing? any help would be
> appreciated.
> 
> 						Ophir.
> 
Two solutions I found.
1. You should be able to ftp from your Unix machine back to your Mac.
Send the files in a binary form. It works, if you have defined the appropriate 
username and password.
2. Much better: get Fetch from Sumex, and you bypass the Unix level and
download direct to your Mac. It even unpacks files (binhex and other Mac-
packing systems. It uses ftp, you define your Unix box as host.
Once you have your pc-files (transported in binary form) on your Mac,
you can just drag them to a PC disk if you have a superdrive and Access-PC.
This works smooth, quick and reliable.