Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!news.cs.indiana.edu!ariel.unm.edu!nmsu!opus!vturner From: vturner@nmsu.EDU (Vaughan Turner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: Don't post stuff using stuffit Message-ID: Date: 29 Dec 90 01:50:49 GMT References: Sender: news@NMSU.Edu Organization: Klein Bottles Inc. Help Wanted: Inquire Within Lines: 32 In-reply-to: vladimir@prosper.EBB.Eng.Sun.COM's message of 28 Dec 90 06:05:34 GMT I'd like to jump on the StuffIt bandwagon for one important reason. I now grab .hqx files off the net and totally unpack them into aufs files, which is much faster than using StuffIt *OR* Compactor. If you must post in Compactor format, please don't use Self Extracting archives. The same goes for StuffIt, and StuffIt Deluxe. I expect someone to write Unix tools to unpack StuffIt Deluxe and Compactor archives, but Unix *does NOT* understand any form of self extracting archive, and all of the tools to unpack any archive are available on sumex, at least. So, post what you want (preferably StuffIt Old), but don't post things that self extract! My Mac SE with a 20MB hard disk thanks you. Vaughan -- VaughAn Turner Internet: vturner@nmsu.edu Networking/Workstation Support Box 30001, Dept. 3AT Computer Center, Networking/WSC Las Cruces, New Mexico New Mexico State University 88003-0001 Bitnet: vturner@nmsu.bitnet UUCP: ucbvax!nmsu.edu!vturner Work: (505) 646-4244 FAX: (505) 646-5278 Home: (505) 522-3653 Home Address: 1115 Larry Drive Las Cruces, New Mexico 88001-5457 "...the first rule of engineering [is] to work with Earth's natural forces, never against them." "Earth" by David Brin