Re: [PLUG] bin extension

["William H. Magill" <magill@mcgillsociety.org>]

On Monday, October 21, 2002, at 12:21 PM, Frodo Williams wrote:
> I've just downloaded an xml tool, treebeard, and now have a file with 
> a .bin extension, MIME type application/octet.  I have chmod' the file 
> to 777, and yet I can still can not get this file to run.
>
> What do I need to get this working, or, as an alternative, can someone 
> recommend a good xml/xslt editor/ide.

Are you certain that it is an executable? And for what hardware 
architecture?

".bin" extensions are frequently used on Stuffit Archives and launch 
the application "stuffit expander" (on Mac and PC) which in turn 
unpacks the particular stuffit archive into a directory which contains 
the actual executable.


T.T.F.N.
William H. Magill
magill@mcgillsociety.org
magill@acm.org
magill@mac.com


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