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Article #40072Re: Problem Unbinhexing/Unstuffing Files
From: Michael Thomas Niehaus
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 1989 00:58
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 1989 00:58
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In article <12814@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU>, earleh@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Earle R. Horton) writes:
> Two fixes exist. Uncheck "Allow Background Tasks" under
> "Preferences..." or always unstuff files into closed folders. (So
> that the file is not visible to the Finder until StuffIt is done with
> it.)
>
> What is happening is that the Bundle Bit of the applications is not
> getting set correctly because of an interaction between the Finder and
> StuffIt. The same thing can happen when downloading MacBinary files
> with the Bundle Bit set.
>
> earleh:xyzzy:32768:7:Earle R. Horton,,,6434109:/hackers/earleh:/bin/rn
These problems only occur under MultiFinder. These problems should not
occur under the Finder. People who do not use MultiFinder very often
(like me) do not run into these problems.
-Michael
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!iuvax!bsu-cs!mithomas From: mithomas@bsu-cs.UUCP (Michael Thomas Niehaus) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Problem Unbinhexing/Unstuffing Files Keywords: Where's my applications Message-ID: <6392@bsu-cs.UUCP> Date: 30 Mar 89 00:58:55 GMT References: <81@sierra.stanford.edu> <4330@ncrcae.Columbia.NCR.COM> <12814@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> Distribution: comp.sys.mac Organization: CS Dept, Ball St U, Muncie, Indiana Lines: 27