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Re: HQX files - from a unix box?



>>>>> "Phil" == Phil Hunt <phil@isone.com> writes:

    Phil> hi, If I download an HQX file, like Maelstrom to a unix box,
    Phil> then put them on a PC (using ascii translation)....If I go
    Phil> into executor (1.99q12) and look at the dos drive they are
    Phil> stored on, they all have extra line feeds.

    Phil> If I remove them (or not, same following result), I run
    Phil> Binhex to make them binaries, Binhex complains 'Halt - No
    Phil> checksum error' or sometimes shows bogus type/creators and
    Phil> then this message.  It never Binhexs correctly.

I have found the bundled Stuffit Expander demo to be more robust for
un-HQX'ing files.  You might want to give that a try...

-Mat


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