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Received: from groovyland.interaccess.com (root@nb-dyna87.interaccess.com [198.80.1.187]) by nacm.com (8.6.9/8.6.9) with ESMTP id SAA26200 for <executor@nacm.com>; Wed, 16 Nov 1994 18:47:47 -0800 Received: (from gregt@localhost) by groovyland.interaccess.com (8.6.9/8.6.9) id UAA00404; Wed, 16 Nov 1994 20:51:32 -0500 Date: Wed, 16 Nov 1994 20:51:32 -0500 From: Greg Turner <gregt@interaccess.com> Subject: Re: binhex/compact probs? To: MAILING LIST <executor@NACM.COM> In-Reply-To: <199411161304.AA19918@IndyNet.indy.net> Message-ID: <Pine.3.89.9411162013.A398-0100000@groovyland.interaccess.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: Executor-Owner@NACM.COM Precedence: bulk On Wed, 16 Nov 1994, Preston J. Tuchman wrote: > >Hiya alls - i've dl's (ok, ftp'd :) a couple of files off of the net to > >try to use with executor. For somee of these, I need to use the binHex4.0 > >converter in Compact pro, in others, I need to use the binHex5.0 that's > >included with exectutor. Occasionally, I'll get a file that I would de > >hex with binHex 4.0, and I would get a .sit file - however, unstuffit > >refuses to see this file! Any ideas here? Perhaps I should try to use > >binHex 5.0 on the file? (though, if 5.0 doesn't like the file - it hangs > >the emulator). > > > >BTW - this is executor running under linux (I'm still stuck in demo mode - > >since i can't register till next week sometime - would that be part of the > >problem?). > > > > Hi, Daniel: > > Pretty frustrating, isn't it? I have the same problems, also. Not every file > is like that, but I would say close to half of them are. I haven't figured yeah, this bugs me too. The kludge that has worked for me in the past (this is *highly* questionable, but it has worked) to binhex some random file, and name it something like "pretend.bin". Then I've just left the %pretend.bin file lying around and simply copied whatever file I want to deBinHex right onto pretend.bin, leaving the %pretend.bin unchanged. Amazingly, this has never failed for me. After doing this, I just unBinHex pretend.bin and it seems to work fine. Of course, I use the Linux version, so long filenames w/ capitalization might be handled differently in Ex/Dos.... btw, I just went to the Linix 1.1.62 kernel, and the executor segfaults right after the opening screen. :( Will this be fixed in future Executors, or is there a kernel "cutoff" after which I should forget it? -gmt ====================================================== "If you get confused just listen to the music play!" ======================================================