Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!mcnc!ncsuvx!news From: cmpeters@eos.ncsu.edu (C MAVERICK PETERSEN) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Re: Disinfectant 2.2 won't unpack (???) Message-ID: <1990Oct8.170233.16879@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu> Date: 8 Oct 90 17:02:33 GMT References: <270f615f.4d99@petunia.CalPoly.EDU> Sender: news@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu (USENET News System) Reply-To: cmpeters@eos.ncsu.edu (C MAVERICK PETERSEN) Distribution: usa Organization: North Carolina State University Lines: 19 In article , dana@are.berkeley.edu (Dana E. Keil) writes: > mjohnson@riglow.acs.calpoly.edu (Mark S. Johnson) writes: > >"Disinfectant.cpt" as downloaded from sumex. Is this self extracting > >archive corrupted? > > Funny, I downloaded direct from Northwestern and the compactor archive > seemed to be corrupted. When I ftp'ed it from sumex it was akay. > In light of all the controversy about what compression formats to use > I thought it was interesting that the first time I tried to open a > compactor file it didn't work. > > Guess it's just unatural to tamper with the God-given Stuffit format, > I always new that the traditional methods were best :-) ;-) Well now, this is peculiar... I downloaded straight from Northwestern (acns.nwu.edu), Un-BixHexed it, and POW! a self-extracting application appeared! Simply launched the AutoExtractor vers. ("disinfectant.sea") and a nice, clean, working version of Disinfectant 2.2 was left on my HD *B^).