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- From: wilhelm@michelotti.ae.ge.com (Roland K. Wilhelm)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
- Subject: Re: Extracting SEA's
- Message-ID: <WILHELM.92Aug21185715@michelotti.ae.ge.com>
- Date: 21 Aug 92 23:57:15 GMT
- References: <37050@sdcc12.ucsd.edu> <80858@bcsaic.boeing.com>
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- In-Reply-To: vanover@bcsaic.boeing.com's message of 20 Aug 92 17:32:29 GMT
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- # In message <80858@bcsaic.boeing.com>,
- # vanover@bcsaic.boeing.com (Jann VanOver) writes:
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- jann> In article <37050@sdcc12.ucsd.edu> ps296au@sdcc4.ucsd.edu (Steven Cobb) writes:
- >I realize this is a fairly basic question but I FTP'd a .SEA file
- >but get info tells me it's a document. How do I change a document
- >to an aplication such that it can self extract?
- >
- jann> Well, did you FTP it as ascii? If so I think you're
- jann> SOL. I believe it would have to be FTP'd as binary. If
- jann> it was ftp'd as binary and your mac STILL doesn't
- jann> recognize it as an application, you must use some tool
- jann> to change the file type from whatever it is to APPL.
- jann> Disk Tools does
- jann> this, probably others. I use a Hypercard stack to change file types.
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- jann> Good Luck!
- jann> Jann E VanOver
-
- Two things: you must ftp with the binary mode set AND
- MacBinary probably needs to be enabled too. If you are using
- NCSA telnet to do your transfers, it will indicate whether
- MacBinary is enabled or not when you set binary mode (type
- "bin" at the ftp prompt). MacBinary can be enabled or
- disabled under the "File" menu.
-