Re: [MacPerl] StuffIt on Unix

[Georges Martin <georges.martin@deboeck.be>]

Wah Lee wrote:

>Does anyone know where to get a unix tool to decompress .sit and .hqx?

There is a utility called "megatron" shipping with netatalk that does 
.hqx conversion. 

You'll find info on netatalk at:

  <http://thehamptons.com/anders/netatalk/>

I don't know of any recent utilities that does .sit decompression on UNIX.

Georges Martin

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MEGATRON(1)                                           MEGATRON(1)

NAME
       megatron, unhex, unbin, unsingle, hqx2bin, single2bin, macbinary - 
Macintosh file format transformer

SYNOPSIS
       megatron [ sourcefile...  ]

       unbin [ sourcefile...  ]

       unhex [ sourcefile...  ]

       unsingle [ sourcefile...  ]

       hqx2bin [ sourcefile...  ]

       single2bin [ sourcefile...  ]

       macbinary [ sourcefile...  ]

DESCRIPTION
       megatron  is used to transform files from BinHex, MacBinary, 
AppleSingle, or netatalk style AppleDouble formats into MacBinary or 
netatalk style AppleDouble formats.  The netatalk style AppleDouble 
format is the file format  used  by  afpd, the netatalk Apple Filing 
Protocol (AppleShare) server. BinHex, MacBinary, and AppleSingle are 
commonly used formats for transferring Macintosh files between machines 
via email or file  transfer  protocols. megatron uses its name to 
determine what type of tranformation is being asked of it.

       If  megatron  is  called  as  unhex, unbin, or unsingle, it tries 
to convert file(s) from BinHex, MacBinary, or AppleSingle into 
AppleDouble format.  BinHex is the format most often used to send 
Macintosh files  by  e-mail. Usually these files have an extension of 
".hqx".  MacBinary is the format most often used by terminal emulators 
"on the fly" when transferring Macintosh files in binary mode.  MacBinary 
files  often  have  an  extension  of ".bin".   Some  Macintosh  
LAN-based  email  packages use uuencoded AppleSingle format to "attach" 
or "enclose" files in email.  AppleSingle files don't have a standard 
filename extension.

       If megatron is called as hqx2bin, single2bin, or macbinary, it 
will try to convert  the  file(s)  from  BinHex, AppleSingle, or 
AppleDouble into MacBinary.  This last translation may be useful in 
moving Macintosh files from your afpd server to some other machine when 
you can't copy them from the server using a Macintosh for some reason.

       If megatron is called with any other name, it uses the default 
translation, namely unhex.

       If  no source file is given, or if sourcefile is `-', and if the 
conversion is from a BinHex or MacBinary file, megatron will read from 
standard input.

       The filename used to store any output file is the filename that is 
encoded in the source file.  MacBinary files are created with a ".bin" 
extension.  In the case of conflicts, the old file is overwritten!

SEE ALSO
       afpd(8)

netatalk 1.2                8 Jan 1992                          1

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