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In article <1992Dec9.135603.28455@tolten.puc.cl> ekaftan@tolten.puc.cl (ekaftan) writes:
>R. L. Ketcham (ketcham@hardy.u.washington.edu) wrote:
>
>: I'm a novice at this group, and having just figured out what
>: a .hqx and a .cpt file is, now I need to use mcvert.shar to
>: reconstitute them.  I've figured out that a .shar file is
>: a "shell archive" but I can't find any information about what
>: to do with one.  Somebody please advise me.  
>
>: Thanks much,
>
>: Richard Ketcham.
>
>	1st. I don't get why you need mcvert to rebuild those files.
>mcvert is a unix utility, ie only runs on a unix box. What you need to
>rebuild .hqx and .cpt is compactpro, availiable as shareware.

IMHO using mcvert on a unix box, if both mcvert and the box are
available, is better than doing it on your Mac, if you're on a
dialup connection.  The reason is that binhexed files are bigger
than their unbinhexed counterparts.  So I unbinhex with mcvert,
download, and uncompress at home.  Much faster at slower modem
speeds e.g. 2400 bps.  At faster speeds it might not matter so
much.

>	By the way shell archives are extracted un a unix comand line by
>typing 'sh mcvert.shar' that's it.

I had to do "unshar mcvert.shar" to get the files and then "make"
using the enclosed makefile, but then I had my very own copy of
mcvert.

>	Hope this is usefull.

Me too.

>
>--
>
>Eduardo Kaftanski
>
>ekaftan@tolten.puc.cl
>ekaftan@ing.puc.cl


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