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From: davids@dasys1.UUCP (David Schenfeld)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: StuffIt hexification (Was: TechNotes 184 to 194 available...)
Message-ID: <4099@dasys1.UUCP>
Date: 26 Apr 88 00:03:37 GMT
References: <2596@utastro.UUCP> <2605@utastro.UUCP> <2610@utastro.UUCP> <1511@pt.cs.cmu.edu>
Organization: The Big Electric Cat
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Keywords: Please don't use StuffIt to hexify for distribution
Summary: Stuffit's binhex is compatible with binhex 4.0's

In article <1511@pt.cs.cmu.edu>, dtw@F.GP.CS.CMU.EDU (Duane Williams) writes:
> 
> BinHex 4.0 is the STANDARD means for producing .hqx files for distribution.
> StuffIt 1.31 does not produce .hqx files identical to the standard; so
> StuffIt 1.31 should not be used to hexify files for distribution. 

It is true that Stuffit does not produce output exactly as Binhex 4.0 does,
but as far as I know, the outputs of each program are compatible with 
eachother.  Any file encoded with StuffIt's binhex can be decoded with the
Binhex 4.0 application, and vice-versa.

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