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From: greg@hoss.unl.edu (Hammer)
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Subject: Re: Shrinkit problems
Keywords: Shrinkit
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Date: 13 Aug 90 00:45:17 GMT
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... acct069@carroll1.cc.edu (Ron) writes:
>... gerardo@wpi.wpi.edu (Gerardo Leute) writes:
::
>>produced through Shrinkit 2.01.  Shrinkit shows me that there are several
>>files, but _none_ of these files have *names*. Thus, Shrinkit cannot unpack
>>them because of a Prodos error -- can't save a file without a name, right? 
>>---
>>Gerardo Leute			"Home is where the heart lies,
>>   				 but when the heart lies, where is home?"
>>      gerardo@wpi.wpi.edu
>
>This is because you are trying to unshrink an archive that was made with
>ShrinkIt 3.0 or newer.  You need to get a hold of ShrinkIt 3.0.3 (current
>version) in order to handle these archives properly.  ShrinkIt 3.0.3 will
>process the new archives and the old without a hitch.
>
>As for how you are going to get a newer ShrinkIt if it's shrunk with
>ShrinkIt 3.0 or newer, is an interesting question.  I'm sure that someone
>out there can pack up ShrinkIt 3.0.3 with version 2.1 and run it through
>BinSCII for you.

Why not just run ShrinkIT 3.0.3 through BinSCII directly instead of going
through an old ShrinkIT?  This would save a lot of problems with getting
new copies to people with ancient versions.  A BinSCIIed un-ShrinkITed
ShrinkIT file would prove most helpful.

>Ron
>acct069@carroll1.cc.edu  or  carroll1!acct069@uwm.edu
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