BinHex
Dave Riley
decompress any files with the .hqx suffex. where can i find the program
to do this. Also if anyone can give me some good ftp sites i'd
appreciate it.
Thanx
Dave Riley
UBC Engineers
DRi...@unixg.ubc.ca
Thomas Phillips
dri...@unixg.ubc.ca (Dave Riley) writes:
> I've just discovered the wonderfull world of FTP, but i cant seem to
> decompress any files with the .hqx suffex. where can i find the program
> to do this. Also if anyone can give me some good ftp sites i'd
> appreciate it.
You can use StuffIt Expander to de-binhex and unstuff almost any
file; it's available at most sites (in a compression or utility
subdirectory, probably). Of course, it's in self-extracting form,
otherwise, it would be rather pointless, wouldn't it?
The two MAJOR FTP sites are Infomac (sumex-aim.stanford.edu) and
UMich (mac.archive.umich.edu). Since those are pretty much high-
traffic locations, it's better to use their mirror sites. The best
thing to do would be to get the mac FTP list, which is available
at both places; that'll give you what you need.
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> decompress any files with the .hqx suffex. where can i find the program
> to do this. Also if anyone can give me some good ftp sites i'd
> appreciate it.
My suggestion is to get Stuffit Expander like Thomas suggested for the
times that you need it, and then look into a MacBinary mirror site. These
sites convert all files saves in BinHex format (7 bit) to the smaller sized
MacBinary format (8 bit) which is the standard format for files on BBS's
and commercial services. MacBinary files that are downloaded (as long as
you're using a Mac program to download with) show up as normal files, so
all you have to do is decompress them. The advantage of this is that you
not only save a step, but the transfers take less time, which saves you
money if you're on a service like I am that charges by the minute.
There is one catch (of course). The system you use has to be able to
handle 8 bit transfers. Most can these days, but not all, so if you don't
know, ask your system administrator or ask tech. support.
The site I use most often is: grind.isca.uiowa.edu
The mirror is in the directory mac/infomac
As an alternative try: ftp.jyu.fi ...in the directory info-mac/
More MacBinary mirrors seem to be in the works, so keep an eye out...
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your Mac) you probably can use the "mcvert" program to decode
BinHex to MacBinary. This assumes you have a terminal program
that can download MacBinary files properly, of course.
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