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From: hunt@rsts32.dec.com (Phil Hunt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Stuffit and Binhex
Message-ID: <8802081557.AA01324@decwrl.dec.com>
Date: 8 Feb 88 15:57:04 GMT
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
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I couldn't post this to Ray Lau, (Host unknown), so here is....
 
 
Hello,
 
  I was wondering why your Binhex encode put out a bad header line something
like:
 
(This file can be decoded by Binhex or Stuffit)
 
!!!!???
 
The way you find the start of an HQX message is by looking for the line:
 
(This file may be decoded by BinHex 4.0)
 
(I think that is right, but check one for yourself!!!)
 
Believe it or not, that is how most all BINHEX replacements check for the
beginning.  That line, THEN look for a colon...
 
Phil Hunt