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From: wiseman@tellabs.com (Jeff Wiseman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: .hqx and UNIX ??
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Date: 14 Aug 90 17:55:50 GMT
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In article <23320003@col.hp.com> chrism@col.hp.com (Chris Magnuson) writes:
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>What UNIX command do you use to un-.hqx a Mac file under UNIX.  I am not
>worried that the file won't execute, I just want to be able to de-.hqx
>the binhexed files and look at them without downloading them to home.
>
>Anybody know the UNIX command to unwrap .hqx files like this?

The program that you want that will run under UNIX is "mcvert". It isn't really
a "UNIX command" since it doesn't come with the UNIX OS.

Note though that after de-binhexing the files, If they have come off the net,
they are usually stuffed as well. I beleive that they can be unstuffed by using
"unsit". I personally don't do this as leaving them stuffed makes it easier to
download to the mac where they can then be unstuffed.

Hope this helps

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