.sit unstuffs into .sit?

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chaldo
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.sit unstuffs into .sit?

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Seems I've always had this problem where when I go to unstuff certain games. Instead of unstuffing the file, it creates a new one, with a duplicate .sit extension.

For example, I'm running BasiliskII, under Mac OS 8.0. I have a game I downloaded from one of the Mac abandonware sites, Dinopark_Tycoon.sit. Normally with .sit files, I just drag and drop them into Stuffit Deluxe, or Dropstuff, and it works fine.But for some reason in this instance (and many others), what happens is Stuffit Deluxe doesn't output a file, and when I drop it into DropStuff, all it does it simply create an additional .sit file, with an additional .sit extension. The icons are slightly different though. (See picture)

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Any help is greatly appreciated!
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Re: .sit unstuffs into .sit?

Post by Cat_7 »

Hi,

You can stuff (compress) and unstuff (decompress) files. If you drop a .sit file on dropstuff, you are going to stuff the already stuffed file again. Hence the double .sit extension.
To un-stuff you need to drop a .sit file on stuff-it expander. That way a new decompressed file/folder gets created which you can use like the original file. If your result is again a .sit file, unstuff it again.
If this doesn't work you might check whether your file was compressed with an older/newer version of stuffit.

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Cat_7
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