[X4U] Overzealous Stuffing

[Norman Cohen]

Glad to help. Archive via rename is helpful when you have a file or 
directory that you want to stuff or zip. You just append .sit, sitx or 
.zip to the end of the file name and the file gets compressed. Some 
people find this handy. Personally, I use the contextual menu option, 
or one of the droplets.

At the command line, Stuffit Deluxe 8.x has two tools available that 
are installed in /usr/local/bin, stuff and unstuff. In addition, 
Stuffit Deluxe is scriptable to some extent. I do believe that the 
archive via rename is a hack that affects the finder only.

Here's the options for stuff at the command line:

[nacohen at AlumG4:/usr/local/bin]$ stuff

Usage: stuff [-option [value]] [--option[=value]] (files... | 
directories...)

Note: Some formats do not support all the options below.  In those 
cases,
the options will be ignored.

-f  --format=formatname           Archive format to create, ie: sit5, 
zip, etc.
-F  --formats                     Shows supported archive formats.
-l  --level=n                     Set the compression level [0-16].
-m  --compression_method=n        Set the compression method [0-6].
                                   (0=none, 1=LZ-Huffman, 
2=LZ-arithmetic,
                                    3=Blocksort, 4=PPM, 5=Automatic, 
6=Blend)
-n  --name=file                   Name of the archive to create.
-p  --password=password           Assign a password to the archive.
-q  --quiet                       Suppress status messages.
-v  --version                     Shows version information.
-P  --pause                       Waits for keyboard stroke at the end
                                   processing.
-s  --segment                     Segment the output file
                                   (Use -S to specify a non-default 
size.)
-S  --size=size                   Sets the segment size for segmented 
archives.
-t  --seatype=seatype             Create self-extracting archive.
                                   (seatype=classic or win).
-c  --convert                     Convert an archive to a different 
format
                                   (specified by -f or --format).
-o  --overwrite                   Overwrite existing files.
-e  --encryption_method=method    Encryption method [0-4].
                                   (0=none, 1=RC4, 2=DES, 3=BlowFish, 
4=AES)
-k  --keysize=size                Encryption keysize. [0-512] bits
-L  --encoding_level=level        Encoding level [0-5].
                                   (0=none, 1=base64, 2=base85, 
3=base222)
-x  --extents=extents             Number of extents [10-25].
-r  --redunancy_level=level       Redunancy level [1-64].
                                   (Redunancy is turned off by default)
-D  --delete                      Delete originals.
-O  --optimize=on|off             Optimize (on or off).
-i  --inputfile=filename          Get filelist from an input file.  
Input file
                                   should contain a list of files to 
stuff.
-h  --help                        Shows this usage display.


and here's the options for unstuff:

[nacohen at AlumG4:/usr/local/bin]$ unstuff

Usage: unstuff [-option [value]] [--option[=value]] (archives...)

Note: Some formats do not support all the options below.  In those 
cases,
the options will be ignored.

-d  --destination=directory       Sets the destination directory for 
expanded
                                   files.
-F  --formats                     Shows supported archive formats.
-p  --password=password           Designate the password to expand a
                                   passworded archive.
-q  --quiet                       Suppress status messages.
-s  --scan                        Display a list of files/folders in an 
archive.
-v  --version                     Shows version information.
-P  --pause                       Waits for keyboard stroke at the end
                                   processing.
-e  --enclose=(yes | no | smart)  Surround the output with an enclosing
                                   folder (yes or no or smart). Default 
= smart
-o  --overwrite                   When expanding, replace existing 
files.
-c  --continue=(yes | no)         Continue to expand if possible. 
Default = yes
-D  --delete                      Delete originals.
-h  --help                        Shows this usage display.

Norman Cohen
nacohen at mac.com

"We seem to believe it is possible to ward off death by following rules 
of good grooming."
Don Delillo

On Oct 16, 2004, at 2:09 PM, Doug McNutt wrote:

> You fixed it. Much appreciated. But who would ever want to do that, 
> especially as a default?
>
> And renaming via the command line does not show the effect so it's 
> some kind of trapping supported by Finder. I wonder if it's 
> scriptable?
>