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From: deo@eecs.cs.pdx.edu (Steven Furber)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Tip for bringin in Mac files to MacMINIX
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Date: 27 Oct 90 07:14:27 GMT
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Reply-To: deo@eecs.cs.pdx.edu (Steven Furber)
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This mainly has to taking UNIX files off of your Mac file system and importing
them into the MINIX file system...

For the MacMINIX folks out there that have problems importing files from
the MacFS to the MINIX-FS (using macread) I have a quick suggestion.  I was
finding that reading in binaries (for tar, compress, etc..) didn't work; it
brought them in with every other line missing.  What I found worked was using
a tool called "SMPT".  I grabbed it off of wuarchive.wustl.edu.  This tool
allows several file conversions that are related to Mac <==> UNIX transfers.
What I found works is selecting the "UNIX-->Mac Text" command.  Works like a
charm.  I've been bringing in tars and compresses without a problem.  For
bringing in a lot of Mac files at once, the tar utility on wuarchive.wustl.edu
does the trick well.