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From: afry@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Alan R. Fry)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: How do I decode .pit files?
Summary: The old PackIt is still around
Keywords: PackIt, Downline
Message-ID: <13524@ur-cc.UUCP>
Date: 19 Apr 91 06:18:11 GMT
References: <244@hsvaic.boeing.com>
Organization: University of Rochester, Rochester NY
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In article <244@hsvaic.boeing.com> scott@hsvaic.boeing.com writes:
>I have a file with the extension .pit. What do I use to
>unpack/decompress/whatever it?
>Thanks,
>

This is a file compressed by the venerable PackIt program which was the
standard before StuffIt.  The shareware program is still avaible by
anonymous ftp to sumex-aim.stanford.edu.  It's path is
info-mac/util/packit3-13.hqx.

An even nicer way (for me, at least) of unPacking the occasional .pit file
is to use the new freeware program Downline (info-mac/comm/downline.hqx).
Downline is a very nice utility that decompresses all of the Stuffit and
PackIt files that you drop into a designated folder.  It works wonderfully
in the background, and it is quite a bit faster and more convenient than
opening Stuffit, opening the archive, double clicking, selecting a location
to unstuff to, etc.

Cheers,

Alan

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