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From: brugge@fss.UUCP (John Brugge)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: downloading hqx files with multiple parts -- HELP
Keywords: hqx help downloading
Message-ID: <13@fss.UUCP>
Date: 1 Apr 91 14:47:45 GMT
Article-I.D.: fss.13
References: <13965@darkstar.ucsc.edu>
Reply-To: brugge@fss.Ems.MN.ORG (John Brugge)
Organization: IDS Financial Services, Mpls., MN
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In article <13965@darkstar.ucsc.edu> jillcoy@ucscb.UCSC.EDU writes:
>
>I okay when I ftp an hqx file, and then download it, and use Stuffit 2.x
>to decode it... AS LONG as it is only *one* file.  But as soon as there
>are multiple parts... I can't do anything.  Stuffit won't join them, and
>it won't decode them because it says it can't verify the 'data' and
>'resource' forks.
>
>Is there some preliminary job I have to do?  Or some program I need?

Since Stuffit requires a single .hqx file, you need to either combine the
seperate files manually in an editor (removing headers & trailers)...

OR use the nifty little utility "United", which will do the combining for you.
United is also particularly helpful for rebuilding files posted to c.b.m. in 
multiple parts, and best of all, it's free.  You can probably find it on sumex
or other such Mac ftp sites.

John