Re: [MacPerl] StuffIt on Unix

[PwrSurge <tjudd@pacifier.com>]

At 9:42 AM +0200 10/16/98, Georges Martin wrote:
>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.

.sit files use the resource fork a little.  ONLY the MacOS can handle
dual-fork files (DATA and RESOURCE).  Un*x would not be able to decode
.sit, sorry.

>Georges Martin
>
>--
>
>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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