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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
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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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