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From: weber@brand.usc.edu (Allan G. Weber)
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Subject: Stuffit file extractor program for Unix posted
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Date: 24 Feb 88 03:42:20 GMT
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Some time ago I posted to the net a Unix program called "unpit" that
would unpack the data fork of a Packit file into the component files
to allow selective downloading.  Packit has since been replaced by
Stuffit as the file archiver of choice for most recent postings.  I've
now posted to comp.sources.mac the sources for "unsit", a program that
does the same thing to a Stuffit archive file.  It will separate the
components of the ".sit" file into the individual files and leave them
on the Unix system in the proper form for downloading with "macput".

At first glance, this may sound like a relatively useless program
since you can always download the ".sit" file and break it up on the
Mac.  However, I've found it to be a big help when dealing with the
Mac postings.  Also, if you have ever had to upload a large number of
files from the Mac to Unix, this is the program for you.  Use Stuffit
to put all the files in a single archive, upload it, and then
break it apart with "unsit".

The primary method of compression for Stuffit is the same as that used
by the Unix program "compress".  Unsit will only work if the compress
program is on the system since it uncompresses the file by opening a
pipe to the program and passing the data through compress and into the
output file.  If you don't have "compress" on your system, it can be
obtained from the comp.unix.sources archives.

				Allan Weber
				USC Signal and Image Processing Institute
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