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From: dewhirst@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: How do I decode .cpt files?
Message-ID: <1991Apr16.193443.29768@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>
Date: 17 Apr 91 00:34:43 GMT
References: <91106.125241JB3YRHMC@MIAMIU.BITNET> <1991Apr16.183511.8768@milton.u.washington.edu>
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In article <1991Apr16.183511.8768@milton.u.washington.edu>, tvex@milton.u.washington.edu (t@vex) writes:
> In article <91106.125241JB3YRHMC@MIAMIU.BITNET> JB3YRHMC@MIAMIU.BITNET (Josh Braveman) writes:
>>I recently downloaded a file from an ftp site.  I sucessful debinhexed
>>it, but now I see that the file has a .cpt extension.  Obviously, this
>>is  niether stuffit or packit.  Any ideas about how to decode this
>>file.  Thanx.  Email is fine.
> 
> The suffix is generated by a relatively new compression utility called
> Compactor. I believe it is a "commercial" product (as opposed to s/w) but
> am not sure and am therefore not sure where you might best obtain it.

Compact Pro (used to be Compactor) is shareware $25.  It knocks the socks
off of stuffit (no flames please).  It REALLY mashes files down.

If you really don't want to buy Compact Pro, you can get the free extractor
from anon FTP.  The only place I positively rememeber seeing it was at
sumex.standford.edu. in info-mac/util/?cptexpand.hqx? (unsure about path, but I
know it is there.)

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