Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!ucsd!nosc!marlin!mocko From: mocko@marlin.NOSC.MIL (Gary S. Mocko) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: Joining binhexed files? Message-ID: <1383@marlin.NOSC.MIL> Date: 8 May 90 20:59:17 GMT References: <1990May3.134238.20598@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> <3254@umbc3.UMBC.EDU> <1990May8.014517.10451@agate.berkeley.edu> <2818@crystal9.UUCP> Reply-To: mocko@marlin.nosc.mil.UUCP (Gary S. Mocko) Organization: Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego Lines: 27 In article <2818@crystal9.UUCP> derosa@motcid.UUCP (John DeRosa) writes: > >I got two files from the archives at Rice University that are labeled part1 >and part2. They are hqx files but when I try to unbinhex either of them >I get an error. Do these files need to be joined togther also in some >manner? Thank you. --------------------------------------- AUGHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..... doesn't anyone else think the major ftp sites ought to include a few tutorial paragraphs in a file called something like: tutorial.ftp.transfers.[please.read.this.before.you.start.asking.questions. about.ftp.or.what.to.do.with.these.files.after.you.get.them].txt? i have a two page explaination that i've been making available around here, but, of course, it's tailored to describe procedures in the s/w we use the most. could become generic without too much work. i'll admit it took me a while to figure out what was needed to make ftp'ed files worth the effort. it doesn't seem like i had a unique problem, though. ...gary