On Mon, Feb 07, 2005 at 08:39:38PM -0500, Patrick Wiseman wrote: > On Tue, 8 Feb 2005 11:43:23 +1030, David Purton <dcpurton@chariot.net.au> wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 07, 2005 at 07:57:20PM -0500, Patrick Wiseman wrote: > > > Is there anything I can do with a MacBinary file? It contains > > > pictures (jpeg, I think). I googled and found mcvert, but it just > > > converts to binhex, which is just as inscrutable! > > > > > > > Nah - read the man page for mcvert. going to binhex is just the default. > > You can get the data and resource forks as well. > > Actually, the default is to convert BinHex to MacBinary. I guess > "data and resource forks" means something to a Mac user, but it means > nothing to me. How do I just extract the pictures? > > I used 'mcvert -d filename' and got 'filename.bin'. In other words, > nothing was extracted; the file was just converted from the 8-bit > MacBinary format to the 7-bit BinHex format. I have read the mcvert > man page, several times now, and maybe I'm just dense, but I don't see > how it _extracts_, I only see that it _converts_ (from one > inaccessible format to another). > use the -U (upload command MacBinary -> Other) eg. mcvert -bU somefile.bin this will give you somefile.data and somefile.rsrc somefile.data will contain the data - your guess is a jpg somefile.rsrc will give the mac resource fork cheers dc -- David Purton dcpurton@chariot.net.au For the eyes of the LORD range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him. 2 Chronicles 16:9a
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