Re: [NTLK] UNNA error -39 macintosh .sea files

From: Laurent Daudelin (nemesys_at_cox.rr.com)
Date: Thu Feb 28 2002 - 02:40:53 EST

on 27/02/02 20:22, Victor Rehorst at victor_at_newtontalk.net wrote:

> On Wed, 27 Feb 2002, Laurent Daudelin wrote:
>
>>
>> On 27/02/02 09:17, "Victor Rehorst" <victor_at_newtontalk.net> wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, 27 Feb 2002, Eric L. Strobel wrote:
>>>
>>>> It is still a self-extracting archive, but somehow in the transfer it's
>>>> lost
>>>> the type/creator info that tells the Finder what it is. Hence the generic
>>>> icon. When you drag/drop onto Stuffit Expander, Stuffit doesn't give a
>>>> flip
>>>> what the type/creator is, it just looks at the actual file data and expands
>>>> it. The alternative is to use any number of utilities to set the
>>>> type/creator info, but doing the drag & drop is going to be much quicker.
>>>
>>> Actually, I was under the impression that most SEA archives actually have
>>> resource forks, not just type/creator info. That file is dead for all
>>> intents and purposes. If someone with a Mac could binhex that file and
>>> upload it to UNNA, I would greatly appreciate it...
>>
>> Victor,
>>
>> You should be able to do that, don't you have a "virtual" Mac?
>
> 'cept I don't have the original file with its resource fork intact.

Ahem, I see. Me neither. But if nobody sent it to you so far, I can maybe
try to find it on my disk. Don't hold your breath, though... Let me know...

-Laurent. 

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