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Article #9315Help transferring file hierarchy UNIX --> Mac
From: Dan Barrett
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1989 18:25
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1989 18:25
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If anyone can help me, please send E-mail -- I don't read this
newsgroup.
I need to transfer several hundred files from our VAX (running
UNIX) to a Mac. Some of the files are straight ASCII text, and some are
binary data.
I also want to preserve the directory (drawer) hierarchy of the
files; that is, I want the same hierarchy on the Mac as on the VAX.
How can I do this transfer? I am not really Mac-literate.
I do *not* want to have to watch this transfer (like, type in each
file's name as it is transferred, or specify "binary" or "text" for each
file).
When I transfer directory hierarchies between my Amiga and a UNIX
system, I just use the program "zoo" which packs an entire directory
hierarchy into a single, compressed file. Is there a version of "zoo" for
the Mac?? Or maybe "tar" and "compress" for the Mac? Or ANY
packing-compressing program for the Mac that also runs under UNIX?
I have access to Red Ryder version 10.?. I have been totally
frustrated trying to transfer these files, mainly because the Mac insists
on assigning a file "type" or "application" to every file I transfer.
UNIX files don't HAVE any "application"... what if I just want a verbatim
data transfer?? I don't want my plain ASCII text files turned into
"MacWrite documents", especially since they are C programs that should
not have formatting characters inserted into them!
Any help appreciated! I have already exhausted all the local Mac
gurus who tried (and failed) to answer my question. E-mail only, as I don't
read this newsgroup. THANK YOU!!!
Dan
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!aplcen!jhunix!barrett From: barrett@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Dan Barrett) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Help transferring file hierarchy UNIX --> Mac Message-ID: <3623@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU> Date: 11 Dec 89 18:25:06 GMT Organization: The Johns Hopkins University - HCF Lines: 38