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Article #28524Re: Major problems with StuffIt (1.40a and 1.31)
From: Jim Clausing
Date: Wed, 25 May 1988 15:34
Date: Wed, 25 May 1988 15:34
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In article <440013@hpdstma.HP.COM> dave@hpdstma.HP.COM (Dave Waller) writes: [...] <Unfortunately, although the advantages of StuffIt are extensive, it has the <chief disadvantage of making files unusable for those who don't have Stuffit <to decompress the archives. < <Dave Waller <[ucbvax!]hplabs!hpdstma!dave Well this problem is actually being taken care of. I recently saw some stuff on GEnie called AutoUnStuffIt (or something close to that) which turns your stuffit archive into an application that automatically unpacks itself (adding about 15K to the size of the file). I haven't used it and I haven't actually seen it used, but this would take care of your objection. -- Jim Clausing -- "Is it time for a colorful metaphor?" CIS Department Ohio State University jac@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu Columbus, OH 43210 GEnie: J.CLAUSING
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!jac From: jac@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Jim Clausing) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Major problems with StuffIt (1.40a and 1.31) Message-ID: <14221@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> Date: 25 May 88 15:34:37 GMT References: <221@istop.ist.CO.UK> <440013@hpdstma.HP.COM> Organization: The Ohio State University Dept of Computer and Information Science Lines: 20