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Article #35839Re: File type on PDs
From: Ephraim Vishniac
Date: Wed, 28 Dec 1988 14:44
Date: Wed, 28 Dec 1988 14:44
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In article <764@dukempd.phy.duke.edu> fang@dukempd.phy.duke.edu (Fang Zhong) writes: > What file type is "ASSEMBLER.HQX.4.Z"? When there is a "Z" at the end, >should I use Binary or Ascii to ftp the file? Then what should I use to >convert on Mac (Binhex 4.0 or 5.0)? A terminal "Z" on a Unix file usually means that the file has been compressed with the Unix utility "compress." The result is a binary file, so you should use binary ftp to retrieve it. Then, use uncompress to recreate the ASCII BinHex file. Transfer this to your Mac, and decode it with BinHex 4.0, BinHex 5.0 (which supports all earlier formats) or a recent version of StuffIt (which supports HQX format). For more information about compress, try "man compress" on your Unix system. Ephraim Vishniac ephraim@think.com Thinking Machines Corporation / 245 First Street / Cambridge, MA 02142-1214 "He shook his head to clear a momentary system error."
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!ima!think!ephraim From: ephraim@think.COM (Ephraim Vishniac) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: File type on PDs Message-ID: <34834@think.UUCP> Date: 28 Dec 88 14:44:46 GMT References: <764@dukempd.phy.duke.edu> Sender: news@think.UUCP Reply-To: ephraim@think.com (Ephraim Vishniac) Organization: Thinking Machines Corporation, Cambridge MA, USA Lines: 21