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- From: ICH530@DJUKFA11.BITNET
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
- Subject: Re: Help! Stuffit Lite Problems
- Message-ID: <92233.121820ICH530@DJUKFA11.BITNET>
- Date: 20 Aug 92 10:18:19 GMT
- References: <1992Aug12.170049.29789@trantor.harris-atd.com>
- <fred-mckenzie-120892175941@128.159.169.79>
- <1992Aug13.090144.21947@corax.udac.uu.se>
- Organization: KFA Forschungszentrum Juelich
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- In article <1992Aug13.090144.21947@corax.udac.uu.se>, olle@astro.uu.se (Olof
- Morell) says:
- >
- >In article <fred-mckenzie-120892175941@128.159.169.79>,
- >fred-mckenzie@ksc.nasa.gov (Fred McKenzie) writes:
- >|> In article <1992Aug12.170049.29789@trantor.harris-atd.com>,
- >|> rcarvin@x102a.ess.harris.com (carvin robert 60184) wrote:
- >|> > I have fetched Stuffit Lite from several sources via anonymous ftp and
- >|> > run into the a problem each time.
- >
- >|> When I downloaded Stuffit Lite, I was successful the first time. I don't
- >|> remember where I got it, but I don't think that is your problem.
- >|>
- >|> If you download a .HQX file, you should be using ascii format, which is
- >|> usually the default. Unless you use a program like Fetch, you will need
- >|> BinHex version 4 to decode .HQX files. I believe Stuffit 1.5 uses BinHex
- >|> version 5 conversion, which is normally used to convert a binary file that
- >|> was uploaded with MacBinary.
- >
- >I don't think so. StuffIt Classic un-binhexed my copy of Lite successfully,
- >your process should work just fine. Seems weird.
- >
- >Have you tried running something like Norton Disk Doctor on your hard disk ?
- >
- >*** Olle ***
- >----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- That's the key to the problem! I've had the same trouble with StuffitLite
- as Robert, and used Fetch as Fred suggested. It turned out that a bundle
- bit was missing or not set (whatever that might be). Once that was
- fixed and the desktop rebuilt StuffitLite worked fine!
-
- Harald S. Poelchau
- Forschungszentrum Juelich (KFA)
- Germany
-