Re: Unpacking $8102 and $8000 archives???

[shack@pro-ict.cts.com (Randy Shackelford)]

colbyp@pro-freedom.van.wa.us (Colby Pederson) writes:

>  I recently downloaded a few files.  After using Binscii on them I tried
>to unpack them.  But ShrinkIt and GS Shrinkit didn't recognize it as an
>archive.  I checked to see the auxilliary type and one said $8000 and the
>other said $8102.  I know I unpacked them right because when I used
>Binscii, it put a .shk prefix at the end.  Could anyone tell me how to
>unpack these archives because I would really appreciate it.  Thanks.

I was baffled by the $8102 and asked about it a few months ago. It turns out
that files converted with GSCII sometimes get their aux types set to $8102.
Then you get archives that aren't recognized when you unbinscii 'em. The easy
workaround is use the show-all-files option in Shrinkit. 

$8000 on the other hand is a proper aux type. $E0/$8000 is the official file
type/aux type for Binary II files. 



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