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Article #33788Re: *Help* unpacking BinHex files posted to comp.binaries.mac
From: Anton Rang
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 1988 17:32
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 1988 17:32
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Since there seem to be several of these, I'm posting this. Apologies to those "in the know". If you've downloaded files (particularly from comp.binaries.mac), and un-BinHex them, and they turn out to be un-identifiable documents, check the file type. There's a good chance that it's 'SIT!'. If so, you need UnStuffIt or StuffIt to unarchive the files. Another possibility is 'PIT ' (or something like that), in which case it is a PackIt archive. You can use either PackIt or StuffIt to unarchive a PackIt file (at least, as far as I know). For users with access to ARPAnet, StuffIt and UnStuffIt (as well as most other comp.binaries.mac submissions) are available with anonymous FTP from 'sumex-aim.stanford.edu', in the directory 'PS:<info-mac>'. There may be other archive sites, but I don't know of any. I believe the current versions are UnStuffIt 1.5, and StuffIt 1.5.1. I don't know where users without ARPAnet access can get it. Does anyone have them out there for anonymous UUCP, maybe? +---------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+ | Anton Rang (grad student) | "UNIX: Just Say No!" | "Do worry...be SAD!" | | Michigan State University | rang@cpswh.cps.msu.edu | | +---------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!yunexus!geac!syntron!jtsv16!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!sun!decwrl!labrea!rutgers!mailrus!eecae!cps3xx!rang From: rang@cpsin3.cps.msu.edu (Anton Rang) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: *Help* unpacking BinHex files posted to comp.binaries.mac Message-ID: <947@cps3xx.UUCP> Date: 26 Oct 88 17:32:55 GMT Article-I.D.: cps3xx.947 References: <335@banyan.UUCP> <wXNRqpy00XoB45YUot@andrew.cmu.edu> Sender: usenet@cps3xx.UUCP Reply-To: rang@cpswh.cps.msu.edu (Anton Rang) Organization: Michigan State University, Computer Science Dept. Lines: 22 In-reply-to: ls1i+@andrew.cmu.edu's message of 26 Oct 88 14:14:13 GMT