Received: from netcomsv.netcom.com (uucp4.netcom.com [163.179.3.4]) by nacm.com (8.6.9/8.6.9) with ESMTP id HAA06156 for <executor@nacm.com>; Thu, 17 Nov 1994 07:54:39 -0800
Received: from kira.UUCP by netcomsv.netcom.com with UUCP (8.6.4/SMI-4.1)
id HAA20409; Thu, 17 Nov 1994 07:49:26 -0800
Received: by kira (NX5.67d/NX3.0S)
id AA00951; Thu, 17 Nov 94 07:36:01 -0800
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 94 07:36:01 -0800
From: David John Burrowes <davidjohn@kira.net.netcom.com>
Message-Id: <9411171536.AA00951@kira>
Received: by NeXT.Mailer (1.100)
Received: by NeXT Mailer (1.100)
To: netcom!nacm.com!executor@netcom.com
Subject: Re: binhex/compact probs?
Sender: Executor-Owner@NACM.COM
Precedence: bulk
>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?).
I don't completely follow what the problem is here, but here is some
data that may or may not be relevant: Some programs that can process
binhex files are very sensitive to line ending characters. The binhex
4.0 file format may be a 'text only' format, but some get upset if they
find line-feeds or carriage-return-line-feeds at the end of the data
lines. They only want carriage-returns. thus, if you ftp the files as
text only files to, say, a unix or dos box, and then try to run them
through some of these converters, you'll get CRC errors or other
ailments.
Binhex 5.0's format is, of course, a binary one, so one should never try
to transfer it as anything but.
Another thing to do is make sure the binhex 4.0 file looks like a
reasonable binhex file. As I recall, every line is the same length, and
the first starts with a colon and the last (which may be incomplete)
ends with a colon. Most things I've seen that deal with binhex files
don't care what comes before that first line with a colon (so long as
none of those lines start with a colon, themselves)
As for Stuffit not recognizing the file, does this mean that it doesn't
show up in its 'open file' dialog'? or it shows up, you open it, and it
reports an error then? This is an important distinction. If the former
is the problem, it sounds like the 'creator' and 'type' of the file are
not set properly. If you're using the de-binhex-ifyer in compactor,
does it put up any info about what type and creator it is creating in
the new file? I know the binhex 4 app does, and it's a useful sanity
check, but I am not familiar with thecompactor one.
I hope this doesn't confuse things more than they are.