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From: ml27192@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (lanett mark)
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Subject: Re: Need help with ftp-->pc-->mac
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Date: 9 Feb 91 21:19:19 GMT
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SAACC@CUNYVM.BITNET (Shermane Austin) writes:
>unstuff them, but had a problem with the .sit files(directly from FTP sites).
>I had a problem though with  .sit files obtained from FTP.
>StuffIt doesn't recognize them as .sit files, and the icon shown for them
>is just the document(not the special one for .sit files). Is there some other
>conversion needed here -  (uudecode? BinHex(didn't work)), or do I have
>to somehow set up some special options?

I would guess you're not using MacBinary when you download them. hqx files
are transferred as text, but .sit files must be transferred in binary _and_
converted from the MacBinary format. Most software (like NCSA Telnet) handles
both automatically. Just make sure you send the 'binary' command when in
ftp before you transfer.

Mark Lanett
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Mark Lanett						ml27192@uxa.cs.uiuc.edu