Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!dialup-00-25.netcomuk.co.uk!user From: ira@netcomuk.co.uk (Ira Rainey) Newsgroups: scea.yaroze.problems.internet Subject: Re: File uploads: compression format Date: Thu, 03 Jul 1997 21:22:09 +0100 Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE) Lines: 28 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: dialup-00-25.netcomuk.co.uk X-newsreader: MT-NewsWatcher 2.2.2 In article , wal@blarg.net (wayne a. lee) wrote: > On the "uploads" page of the web site, it says "Please upload all files > with .zip compression". If I want to upload a purely Mac-only application > or utility, may I use StuffIt (.sit) instead? > > Otherwise I'd probably end up ZIPping the SIT file (since the SIT file > retains Mac creator/resource information etc.). > > One more question: what's the proper way to refer to an uploaded file from > my web page? > > Thanks, > wayne > > -- > wayne a. lee I upload my mac stuff in mac binary format [.hqx]. This is generally better and more reliable for network transfer. Stuff it into .sit format first, then convert the archive into .hqx. Ira -- "The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in determination" -- Tommy Lasorda