- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- About the Author
- Acknowledgments
- Tell Us What You Think!
- Introduction
- Part I: Introduction to Mac OS X
- Chapter 1. Mac OS X Component Architecture
- Chapter 2. Installing Mac OS X
- Chapter 3. Mac OS X Basics
- Chapter 4. The Finder: Working with Files and Applications
- Chapter 5. Running Classic Mac OS Applications
- Part II: Inside Mac OS X
- Chapter 6. Native Utilities and Applications
- Chapter 7. Internet Communications
- Chapter 8. Installing Third-Party Applications
- Part III: User-Level OS X Configuration
- Chapter 9. Network Setup
- Chapter 10. Printer and Font Management
- Chapter 11. Additional System Components
- Part IV: Introduction to BSD Applications
- Chapter 12. Introducing the BSD Subsystem
- Chapter 13. Common Unix Shell Commands: File Operations
- Part V: Advanced Command-Line Concepts
- Chapter 14. Advanced Shell Concepts and Commands
- Chapter 15. Command-Line Applications and Application Suites
- Chapter 16. Command-Line Software Installation
- Chapter 17. Troubleshooting Software Installs, and Compiling and Debugging Manually
- Chapter 18. Advanced Unix Shell Use: Configuration and Programming (Shell Scripting)
- Part VI: Server/Network Administration
- Chapter 19. X Window System Applications
- Chapter 20. Command-Line Configuration and Administration
- Chapter 21. AppleScript
- Chapter 22. Perl Scripting and SQL Connectivity
- Chapter 23. File and Resource Sharing with NetInfo
- Chapter 24. User Management and Machine Clustering
- Chapter 25. FTP Serving
- Chapter 26. Remote Access and Administration
- Chapter 27. Web Serving
- Part VII: Server Health
- Chapter 28. Web Programming
- Chapter 29. Creating a Mail Server
- Chapter 30. Accessing and Serving a Windows Network
- Chapter 31. Server Security and Advanced Network Configuration
- Chapter 32. System Maintenance
- Appendix A. Command-Line Reference
- Appendix B. Administration Reference
Using StuffIt Expander
The quick-and-dirty instructions for using StuffIt Expander (path: Applic a tions/Utilities/StuffIt Expander) are as follows: Drag your archive file(s) (.hqx, .bin, .sit, .tar.gz, and so on) on top of the StuffIt Expander archive. StuffIt will launch and unarchive the selections.
Alternatively, start the Expander application; then use Expand (Command+E) from the File menu to choose the files to expand.
There are a number of settings that can fine-tune how StuffIt expander deals with archive files after they have been extracted, and the text files within. If you use StuffIt archives in a cross-platform environment, these options can help reformat files for better viewing on the Macintosh. Improper use can also corrupt source code files.
Preferences
Open the StuffIt Expander preferences from the application menu. There are eight categories of options that can be set. Switch between each area by clicking the appropriate icon on the left side of the preference window.
Expanding
The Expanding preferences, displayed in Figure 8.1, control what happens to archives as they are being extracted and after the extraction has completed.
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Figure 8.1 The Expanding panel controls the unarchiving process.
You can fine-tune the process of expanding archives with the following settings:
- Expand Archives— Checked by default. If deselected, StuffIt Expander will not decompress archived files. Click the Delete After Expanding check box to automatically remote archives after successfully expanding.
- Expanded Encoded Files— Selected by default, this setting ensures that StuffIt will decode MacBinary, BinHex, and other encoded files. The Delete After Expanding check box enables automatic removal of encoded files as they've been decoded.
- Expand StuffIt SpaceSaver Files— Rarely used, StuffIt SpaceSaver files are created by the commercial StuffIt application. When checked, Expander will automatically decompress these archives.
- Continue to Expand— If checked, StuffIt will attempt to expand archives it finds inside of a given archive.
- Ignore Return Receipt Requests— Some StuffIt archives may request that a notification be sent upon expanding the file. Selecting this check box will ignore the notification requests.
- Scan for Viruses Using— Use this setting and the associated pop-up menu to choose a virus-scan utility to automatically check files that are processed by StuffIt Expander.
Joining
The Joining panel, shown in Figure 8.2, controls how split archives are handled. By default, StuffIt Expander will attempt to join segmented files, and then automatically expand the completed archive. Use the check boxes on this screen to alter these settings or configure StuffIt Expander to automatically remove individual segment files after they are joined (the complete file will remain).
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Figure 8.2 Joining segmented archives is controlled by the Joining panel.
Cross Platform
The Cross Platform settings, shown in Figure 8.3, determine how StuffIt will deal with text files that it finds within an archive. A user can choose to convert text files to Macintosh format when StuffIt detects text, or to never convert files.
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Figure 8.3 Configure the Cross Platform panel to automatically convert text files for readability on the Macintosh.
Disk Images
The Disk Images panel controls what StuffIt will do when it encounters a disk (ShrinkWrap) image. This feature is currently unavailable in Expander for Mac OS X.
Destination
As the panel name suggests, Destination sets the location where unarchived files will be stored. Figure 8.4 demonstrates the Destination configuration panel.
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Figure 8.4 Choose the destination for expanded files.
The following options are available under the Destination panel:
- Destination— Set the destination where the unarchived files and folders are saved. The default setting, Same as original, creates expanded items in the same volume/folder as the archive itself. Choose Ask to prompt for a destination each time the expansion begins, or click Use to pick a specific path for all unarchived files.
- Create Surrounding Folder— When an archive is expanded, it usually results in one or more files and folders. Create Surrounding Folder will place these items into a single folder depending on the chosen condition: When the archive contains multiple items, Never, or Always.
Watch Folder
Setting up a Watch Folder can be useful if you've created a drop box for other users or simply want a place to put files and have them automatically expanded as they arrive. The Watch Folder panel is shown in Figure 8.5.
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Figure 8.5 Set up a Watch Folder to look for incoming archives.
Control the functionality of your Watch Folder with these settings:
- Check for Files to Expand In— When checked, StuffIt Expander will monitor the selected folder for new archives or encoded files.
- Wait— Choose the length of time (in minutes) Expander will wait before rechecking the folder.
- Quit— Choose Quit if StuffIt exits after expanding files the first time.
Version Check
Use the check box on the Version Check panel to enable StuffIt Expander to check online for new versions. This feature is on by default and is not at all intrusive. Uncheck the feature to prevent your system from contacting Aladdin Systems. Figure 8.6 displays the Version Check panel.
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Figure 8.6 Version checking will automatically look for new StuffIt Expander updates.
Internet
The final configuration panel, Internet, is used to set the file types that StuffIt Expander is registered to handle on the Mac OS X system. As shown in Figure 8.7, you can mix and match among the 18 available archive and encoding types. Click the Use StuffIt Expander for all available types button as a shortcut for clicking all the check boxes.
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Figure 8.7 The Internet panel registers the file types that StuffIt Expander will handle.
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