Re: Help! Can't expand SHK file!

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

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