Re: SEAs?

[Matt Ackeret <unknown@apple.com>]

In article <92321.123328TS8RBOTW@MIAMIU.BITNET> Radagast,
TS8RBOTW@MIAMIU.BITNET writes:
In article <92321.123328TS8RBOTW@MIAMIU.BITNET> Radagast,
TS8RBOTW@MIAMIU.BITNET writes:
>Why are Sefl-Extracting Archives (particularly GSHK) called self-
>extracting when they don't?  That's annoying having to change the
>file type and aux type like we have to do with GSHK.  Is GSHK the
>only SEA like that, or do all have to be manipulated?  GSHK is the
>only SEA I've ever seen.

Well, many files are either Binsciied (which protects filetype
information,
assuming you actually unbinscii it on an Apple II) or have a Binary II
header,
which also protects the filetype/auxtype info. I realize this is all
stating the
obvious, but it's only when you transfer via a method that doesn't
protect the
filetype and auxtype where you'll have to manually muck with them.
(Presumably this type of a pain in the neck is why some of the other
online
services require files to always be Binary II encoded)

GSHK is the only SEA you've seen since that capability is still new and 
self-extracting archives aren't absolutely necessary, except in
transferring
GSHK itself.