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In article <6008@crystal9.UUCP> derosa@motcid.UUCP (John DeRosa) writes:

   4) If the document or folder is 20K or larger then compress 
      the document/folder with Compactor as a self-extracting
      archive (.sea).

      Why not Stuffit, you might ask?  In this area I am 

Popular demand most probably still is StuffIt because:
a) it's still more widespread and used in many sites
b) there exist tools for unpacking of stuffit archives on
   non-mac platforms.

I personally de-binhex files on the unix box I ftp from,
then unsit them and compress them instead, easing the
process of transferring to A/UX and saving a lot of modem
or disk space.

      Why self-extracting, you might ask?  If the file is 

Non-mac boxes can't run self-extractors. They are out.
It also takes space...

Maybe, just maybe, I'll throw something together that
a) supports files & folders
b) runs on unix _and_ mac
c) is compatible with compress(1)

The File & Folder stuff would by necessity be special, but
I would provide source for the world...

(I have most of these tools already working under Mac & A/UX,
but not stable nor streamlined enough for release)

Happy hacking,

						h+@nada.kth.se
						Jon W{tte
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"The IM-IV file manager chapter documents zillions of calls, all of which
seem to do almost the same thing and none of which seem to do what I want
them to do."  --  Juri Munkki in comp.sys.mac.programmer