Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!genrad!wjh12!foxvax1!brunix!ddj From: ddj@brunix.UUCP Newsgroups: net.micro.mac Subject: Re: Un*x binhex filter? Message-ID: <11346@brunix.UUCP> Date: Tue, 18-Dec-84 07:45:52 EST Article-I.D.: brunix.11346 Posted: Tue Dec 18 07:45:52 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 21-Dec-84 01:06:55 EST References: ut-sally.504 Lines: 18 Since it seems the BinHex file format is catching on quickly as the mode for sharing macintosh binaries, several people have suggested that it would save time downloading them if they were converted back to binary first. In addition, converting on your typical un*x machine will go faster than on the mac. So, I've posted the sources for "xbin" to net.sources. It is designed to massage a .hex file into a form that macput can easily pass to MacTerminal. There are a few rough edges, but most of the code was borrowed freely from macput and macget, and (famous last words) it works on all the files I've tried. xbin.shar has also been sent to sumex-aim for arpa peaople. Dave Johnson {ihnp4,decvax,allegra,linus}!brunix!ddj ddj%brown@csnet-relay.arpa