Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!dogie.macc.wisc.edu!indri!unmvax!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!att!codas!flnexus!pcsi!peora!ucf-cs!hcx9!goldfarb From: goldfarb@hcx9.UCF.EDU Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: joining comp.mac.binaries parts Message-ID: <2600020@hcx9> Date: 23 Apr 89 15:18:00 GMT References: <42011@csvax1.cs.tcd.ie> Lines: 26 Nf-ID: #R:csvax1.cs.tcd.ie:-4201100:hcx9:2600020:000:877 Nf-From: hcx9.UCF.EDU!goldfarb Apr 23 11:18:00 1989 >>I dont get it. The things came from unix in the first place, and >>unix has this neat tool (I no its too sophisticated for the Mac :-) ) >>called cat. > > It's easy enough to catenate files together; the problem is in removing >file headers, extraneous lines like "-- End of part 23 --", etc. so BinHex >won't choke. This processing can be done on the un*x box prior to transfer, Big deal. I just use the following script: #! /bin/sh # cat $* | sed -e '/(This file/b 1,/^---/ d /^---/,/^---/ d /^---/,$ d :' | xbin - --- Sure, there are some data dependencies, but I've never had it not work! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ben Goldfarb uucp: {decvax,peora}!ucf-cs!goldfarb University of Central Florida Internet: goldfarb@hcx9.ucf.edu Department of Computer Science BITNET: goldfarb@ucf1vm.BITNET