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Article #9821Re: Stuffit Expander only watches disk it's on?
From: Thomas E. DeWeese
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 05:18
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 05:18
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In article <1992Dec11.225039.22041@netcom.com> leonardr@netcom.com (Leonard Rosenthol) writes: >>I experimented with Stuffit Expander 3.0's 'Watch folder' option, and >>it seems like it will only watch a folder if the program is on the >>same volume as the watch folder. Otherwise it does nothing. > It appears that this is indeed a bug in StuffIt Expander 3.0 and >will be corrected for the next rev. (3.0.1). One other little thing. The Watch Folder is worthless for my useage. I normally download files with a modem, thus it takes a significant amount of time to down load the files. DownLine (which unfortunately is cripled by not decompressing compactor archives :( ) also has a watch folder operation but unlike Stuffit Expander it will wait until the file is compleatly down loaded before it tries to decompress it. Obviously Stuffit Expander has a hard time uncompressing 1/3 of a file. If you could modify Stuffit Expander to make sure the file is done being written before you try to decompress it, I would consider trying it again. It would be nice to have one Application that undoes everything. Thomas DeWeese deweeset@rdrc.rpi.edu
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!deweeset From: deweeset@ptolemy3.rdrc.rpi.edu (Thomas E. DeWeese) Subject: Re: Stuffit Expander only watches disk it's on? Message-ID: <=kr20w#@rpi.edu> Keywords: stuffit compression aladdin Nntp-Posting-Host: ptolemy3.rdrc.rpi.edu Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY References: <1992Dec11.183239.27454@cirrus.com> <1992Dec11.225039.22041@netcom.com> Distribution: usa Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 05:18:27 GMT Lines: 19