Re: Help! Can't expand SHK file!

[processoroverclocked@33mhz.cjb.net (Jon Bettencourt)]

Thanks for the help. Actually, what worked was kind of wierd. I took a
blank 1.44MB Mac floppy disk, named it Twilight, put folders inside named
Twilight and twlght.source, and the extraction worked. Evidently, Shrink
II was looking for already existing volumes and directories to put all of
the files in. I've never come across a Shrinkit file like that before.

In article <3948BDF5.30126109@swbell.net>, rubywand@swbell.net wrote:

> Jon Bettencourt writes ...
> > 
> > I'm trying to get the files out of a SHK file named TwilightGS.SHK.BXY. It
> > was saved using the Save As command in Netscape. When I try to extract the
> > files with Shrink II, I get a Volume Not Found error.
> > 
> 
>      There are a few problems you may be running into:
> 
> 
> o- The file could have been corrupted during download.
> 
> If you downloaded from an http:/ URL, the file is probably corrupted because,
> since .bxy is a non-PC type, it was treated as Text-- e.g. $0A was added for
> each $0D downloaded. Uncook may be able to fix the file; but, without knowing
> that the info UnCook needs is still cached, the safe course is to scrap the
> first download and do another download.
> 
> This time, run UnCook on the download and save the result as a separate file.
> Compare lengths of the resulting UnCooked file with your non-UnCooked
> original. The UnCooked file should be at least several bytes smaller, which
> indicates that the added Text stuff has been cleaned out. For more info and
> to download UnCook, go to
> 
> http://www.grin.net/~cturley/gsezine/GS.WorldView/v2000/Jun/index.html
> 
> and click on "Download Help" near the bottom of the screen.
> 
> 
> o- The file is an archive of IIgs files.
> 
> TwilightGS.SHK.BXY evidently includes IIgs files. If it is a ProDOS
> whole-disk archive, then, the current 8-bit ShrinkIt (v3.4) will be able to
> create a diskette (probably, a 3.5" diskette) with the files.
> 
> *The .BXY indicates the presence of a Binary II header. Generally, modern
> Apple II telecom programs can be set to auto-strip the header and use the
> information there. ShrinkIt v3.4 can deal with the header should it not be
> stripped off. I do not know whether or not SHRINK II can deal with the
> header. (In general, adding the header just adds another place something can
> go wrong. Neither the current 8-bit ShrinkIt nor GS-ShrinkIt need to know the
> filetype of a ShrinkIt file in order to unShrink it.)
> 
> If the file is, as indicated by the "SHK", an archive of separate files,
> then, it may contain IIgs forked files and you will need to use GS-ShrinkIt.
> 
> 
> 
> Rubywand

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