[SunRescue] Handling mac .sit.hqx files on Solaris?

David Rouse rescue at sunhelp.org
Fri Mar 9 13:41:35 CST 2001


On 3/8/01 at 11:51 PM, Bill Bradford <mrbill at mrbill.net> wrote:

>Anybody know of a until to un-pack/convert .sit.hqx files from a Mac
>on a Solaris box?  I've tried Tobias Oteker's macutils, but they wont
>compile properly on Sol8...
>

>From the MacPerl list, answering 'no':

Stuffit 1.5.1 was the "compress" algorithm combined with an archiving
format. The archiving format has remained pretty much the same, but the
algorithm is now much better, but proprietary

But, there is a Linux version:

http://www.aladdinsys.com/expander/expander_linux_login.html

It might be easier to CD or HD it.

-- 
drouse




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