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- From: Jim.Matthews@dartmouth.edu (Jim Matthews)
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- Subject: Re: Info on FTP wanted
- Message-ID: <1992Aug20.194802.28973@dartvax.dartmouth.edu>
- Date: 20 Aug 92 19:48:02 GMT
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- Muralidhar Paranandi writes
- > But finally, I can't open or use them
- > on my Mac simply because they are compressed in some funny formats with
- > ..Z, .hqx etc. extensions.
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- Fetch should handle .hqx, .sit, and .bin files automatically. If it
- doesn't check the preferences to make sure those options are enabled.
-
- To handle .Z and .tar files you should get MacCompress and Tar from
- sumex-aim.stanford.edu (in /info-mac/util, I believe). Fetch will
- automatically download .Z and .tar files in the proper mode and set their
- icons to match MacCompress and Tar.
-
- If you want to have an easier time reading README files grab Fetch 2.1b4
- from dartvax.dartmouth.edu (in /pub/mac); it has a "View File" command.
-
- Jim Matthews
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