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From: dburr@sandstorm.Berkeley.EDU (Captain_Picard)
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Subject: Re: Downloading with Kermit
Message-ID: <1991Jun8.065650.25666@agate.berkeley.edu>
Date: 8 Jun 91 06:56:50 GMT
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In article <1991Jun7.112254.622@vax.oxford.ac.uk> amemjm@vax.oxford.ac.uk writes:
>Hello,
>	I have a problem getting Mac files from FTP sites. I get the files in
>binary mode from (say) wuarchive, to my local VAX/VMS system. Then I dwonload
>them using MacKermit, to the Mac. 
>
>Problem: Files (which are xxxxxx.SIT) appear as docs (if got into data fork) or
>appls (if got into resource fork) and Stuffit ignores them. I made a stuffit
>archive locally and sent it up to the VAX, and the files appeared Quite
>Different!!! 
>
>What do I do a) in getting from WUARCHIVE
>			 b) in gettting to the Mac ??????
>
>
>Sorry if this is a trivial question, but Macs are a closed book to me. Yes by
>the way, I did a binary download too.....!
>
>
>Mark McIntyre     AMEMJM@UK.AC.OXFORD.VAX


Most likely, there is a problem in MacBinary translation between your VMS
system and your Mac.  When you are downloading *.SIT files from VMS -> Mac,
your Mac isn't properly interpreting this header information, or the files
lack it.  Try getting a program called "MacBinary"; this might solve the
problem.

When you are sending files from the Mac to your VMS, your Mac is most likely
sending the MacBinary header information along with the file.  VMS, obviously,
doesn't know what this header information is, and so it sticks everything in-
to one big binary file.  Thus, the file comes out weird.  Once again, the
"MacBinary" program will properly convert your MacBinary files to non-Mac-
Binary format, splitting up the data and resource forks in the process.

Your terminal program might have a "MacBinary" configuration option, which
will do this for you; check there first.

I hope this makes sense to you.  Get back to me thru E-Mail if you would like
further assistance or explanations.
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