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From: rterry@hpcuhc.cup.hp.com (Ray Terry)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: .cpt format?
Message-ID: <107990006@hpcuhc.cup.hp.com>
Date: 30 Oct 90 21:44:54 GMT
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>>Also, Compactor lets you create self-extracting archives and Stuffit
>>does not.  
>
>Aw contrare mon frare...
>
>ftp to sumex [36.44.0.6] and pick up:
>/info-mac/util/stuffit-15-utilities.hqx
>
>one of the several utilities here will allow you to convert a standard Stuffit
>1.5.1 archive into a self-extracting archive.
>
>I haven't tried it on a Classic archive as created by Stuffit Deluxe.

He most likely (?) was referring to the fact that with Compactor you can create
a self-extracting archive (sea) via the compression app itself (simply check a
box).  With StuffIt you have to use (and have) another utility to turn the 
archive into a sea.

Compactor's approach is superior.

Ray