Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!mips!sgi!silvlis.com!jimb From: jimb@silvlis.com (Jim Budler) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: Don't post stuff using stuffit Message-ID: <1990Dec29.191924.19793@silvlis.com> Date: 29 Dec 90 19:19:24 GMT References: Sender: usenet@silvlis.com (USENET news maint) Organization: Silvar-Lisco, Inc. Lines: 27 In article vturner@nmsu.EDU (Vaughan Turner) writes: >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! > >Vaughan Ummm, why not? The self-extractors I know of can be extracted manually if desired using the normal archive program. Anyone writing a Compactor or Stuffit Deluxe extractor for Unix need only ignore the extra 10-12k application code which is added to an otherwise normal archive. jim -- __ __ / o / Jim Budler jimb@silvlis.com | Proud / / /\/\ /__ Silvar-Lisco, Inc. +1.408.991.6115 | MacIIsi /__/ / / / /__/ 703 E. Evelyn Ave. Sunnyvale, Ca. 94086 | owner