SittExpand is a utility for extracting files from archives created by StuffIt 1.5.1. It was written by Bill Goodman and is free.
• Requirements •
To run SitExpand, your system must have 155K bytes of free memory and you must be running System File 3.2 or higher. Furthermore, your system must include software to support the Hierarchical File System (HFS). All Macs except the Mac 128K and Mac 512K include the HFS software in ROM. You can install the HD20 INIT to provide HFS for the Mac 128K/512K.
• Limitations •
SitExpand will not extract files from archives which contain more than 200 files and folders, and it will not extract encrypted files.
• Installing SitExpand •
To use SitExpand, place a copy of the application on one of the disks in your Macintosh. It may be placed in any folder. If you are using GateKeeper, you should add “SitExpand” to GateKeeper's list of special applications and give it the “File(Other)” privilege.
In general, SitExpand and StuffIt should not be installed on the same system since this may produce confusing results. If both ARE installed, the StuffIt application may appear with the SitExpand icon or vice versa. Furthermore, when a StuffIt archive is double-clicked, the Finder may not consistently launch one application in preference to the other. Typically, the Finder will display the icon of the first application installed and will launch whichever application was most recently moved or launched.
If you have inadvertently installed both SitExpand and StuffIt on the same system or you are removing one and installing the other, you can clear up any launch problems by deleting all copies of the application you no longer want. To ensure that the proper icons are displayed, use either of the procedures described in the following paragraphs:
1) The simplest solution is to rebuild the Finder's desktop file. It's not a bad idea to rebuild the Finder's desktop file every once in a while since this speeds up some Finder operations; however, rebuilding the desktop file will permanently erase any notes you've attached to files in the Finder's “Get Info” boxes. DON'T REBUILD THE DESKTOP FILE IF YOU WANT TO KEEP THESE NOTES. To rebuild the desktop file on a hard disk, restart your Macintosh and hold down the OPTION and COMMAND keys while it starts up. When a dialog appears asking if you want to rebuild the desktop, click OK. You can rebuild the desktop on any floppy disk by pressing the OPTION and COMMAND keys while you insert the disk.
2) If you don't want to lose the Finder notes you've attached, use this procedure instead: First, copy the desired application to a blank floppy disk. Rebuild the desktop on this floppy disk by unmounting it (drag the disk icon to the trash) and then re-inserting it while holding down the OPTION and COMMAND keys. Next, copy the application back to the desired destination disk. Finally, restart your Macintosh.
• Expanding Archives •
To extract all the files in an archive, double-click the archive's icon (you may expand several archives at once by selecting them all and then choosing the Open command in the Finder's File menu). SitExpand creates a folder which has the same name as the archive with an “ƒ” appended. If the archive name includes a “.sit” extension, the extension is discarded. Next, SitExpand extracts the files from the archive and stores them in the new folder. Finally, SitExpand will ask if you wish to delete the original archive.
