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From: see1@sphinx.uchicago.edu (Ellen Keyne Seebacher)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: xbin question re. file ownership
Keywords: "xxx.data:  Not owner"
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Date: 13 Sep 88 23:56:46 GMT
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Reply-To: see1@sphinx.uchicago.edu.UUCP (Ellen Keyne Seebacher)
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>I recently downloaded the latest StuffIt Utilities Guide into a file I
>called stuffitutilguide.  When I run xbin on it, I get the message:
>
>Utilities_1.5_UserUs_Guide.data:  Not owner
>
>I've gotten similar messages before.  Can someone please tell me what
>is causing this, and how do I fix it?

Annoying, isn't it?

The version of xbin you are using refuses to recognize oddball characters...
for example, the o-with-a-slash-through-it which the author of Moire used
instead of an 'o', or the 'TM' symbol in the name of Retouch.

There are two solutions:  You can ask a systems person to edit your version 
of xbin to understand such characters...but I doubt you'll get an enthusiastic
response.  Or you can obtain a copy of BinHex, download the BinHexed program
using binary-mode Kermit (rather than MacBinary mode, and, presumably, macput),
and un-BinHex the User's Guide on your Mac.  (That's what I did.)

Good luck,


Ellen Keyne Seebacher                 University of Chicago Computing Orgzns.
see1@sphinx.uchicago.edu              staff.ellen@chip.uchicago.edu