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- Date: Tue, 28 Mar 1995 13:22:17 -0700 (MST)
- From: Bruce Grubb <bgrubb@freedom.NMSU.Edu>
- Subject: Format-Chart Version 1.0.3
-
- Archive name: format-chart103.txt
- category: information, help, text
-
- This is the latest version this report and should replace the previous
- version of format-chart102.txt
-
- I am providing the format decoding/encoding chart from the Mac-FTP-list
- as an aid for those who only whant to know 'Which program will unmangle
- this format?' Unlike the Mac-FTP-list this will be updated only as needed.
-
- Must be in a monospaced font such as Monaco 9pt, Courier 10pt, or
- PC equivalent to be readable.
-
- --------------------blurb ends, report commences---------------------------
-
- >From the Mac-FTP-list
- Here's a handy chart to keep track which programs unmangle which formats:
- unix gzip .uu/
- Macintosh .cpt .sit .hqx .bin .zip .arc .tar .Z .gz/.z .uue
- Stuffit Expander* D D D D
- w/ DSEE* D X X X D D D D D
- StuffIt Lite** D X X X {see note below}
- StuffIt Deluxe** D X X X D D X X D X
- SITcomm D X X X D D X X X
- ArcMac X
- BinHex 4.0 X
- BinHex 5.0 D X
- Compact Pro 1.5.1 X D/N X
- Extractor 1.2.1 D D/N D
- HQXer 1.1 X
- MacCompress X
- MacGzip D X
- ShrinkWrap 1.3.1*^ D D D D D D D D D
- SunTar 2.0.4 X X X D
- Tar 4.0b X
- UnZip D
- UU Lite X
- uucd 2.3 X
- UUTool X
- uuUndo D
- ZipIt 1.3.2b1 D D X
-
- Other unix gzip .uu/
- computers .cpt .sit .hqx .bin .zip .arc .tar .Z .gz/.z .uue
- extrac.exe D
- macutil (unix)
- hexbin D D
- macunpack D D D D
- mcvert (unix) X X
- PKZIP X
- unsitins.exe D
-
- N = Cannot decode .sit dlx {Type SITD} files
- D = Decode only
- X = Encode and decode
-
- .sit refers to both 1.5 and dlx. Otherwise a '/' is used {1.5/dlx}.
- Note: Almost every Mac communications program can decode .bin files.
-
- * DropStuff with Expander Enhancer is an $30 shareware addon for Stuffit
- Expander. DSEE is also used by other programs {marked with a *^}
- to expand files. Current versions are 3.5.2 as of this writing.
- ** Stuffit Deluxe translators can be used with Stuffit Lite. Current
- versions are 3.5.0 as of this writing.
-
- Special formats
- .arj - PC format common to European sites. Decoded by unArjMac and DeArj.
- .dd - Disk Doubler {Mac} format. Decoded by DDExpand and DiskDoubler.
- .image - Mac disk image. Decoded and/or mounted by DiskCopy, MountImage,
- Drop*Disk, and ShrinkWrap.
- .lzh - old PC/Amiga format, replaced by .arc and .zip; decoded by MacLHA
- and macunpack.
- .pit - old {~1989} Mac compression format created by PackIt programs,
- replaced by .sit. In general, a program that handles .sit files can
- decode .pit files as well.
- .pkg - AppleLink package format, replaced by .sit. Decoded by all present
- StuffIt programs.
- .sea - Mac format, decompresses itself and needs no external programs.
- .shar - Unix shell archive. Decoded by Unshar.
- .taz - another name for .tar.Z
- .tgz - another name for .tar.z and .tar.gz {do not confuse with .tar.Z}.
- .txt - ASCII text file.
- .z - Early {~1993} suffix for Gzip files. Due to confusion with the UNIX
- 'compress' suffix {.Z} it was abandoned in favor of the .gz suffix.
- .zoo - old {~1989} PC/Amiga format, replaced by .arc. Decoded by MacZoo
- and MacBooz.
-
- CAUTION: While Gzip is aimed at replacing the .Z format, they are
- _different_ unix compression formats, and the suffixes are NOT
- inchangable. Many sites now support on-the-fly translation of these
- formats; just type in the file name minus the .Z or .gz suffix.
-
- WARNING: .hqx, .txt, and .uu files are the ONLY files that can be
- downloaded in ASCII mode; all others must be downloaded in BINARY {IMAGE}
- mode for the file to decompress properly. This is especially true of
- ".bin" and "unpacked" files. Otherwise you will get errors like
- "unreadable file" or "file is corrupt" when you try to decompress them.
-