Subject: Re: Getting files from MacOS to MacBSD partitions
To: Rick Hawkins <rhawkins@iastate.edu>
From: Bob Nestor <rnestor@metronet.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 04/13/1997 22:11:30
>> I need to get files onto my MacBSD partitions...  I only have the one box,
>> so I can't set up a serial connection and move them that way...  What I
>> want to do is to copy the ppp config. files onto my MacBSD partitions so I
>> can use 'em... Once I've gotten ppp running, I can ftp, etc. to my hearts
>> content.
>
>
>If you're saying what i think you're saying, you already have something 
>running unix and need to move the ppp files?  if so, you can tar & gzip 
>them, 
>then use the installer to undo this.

Is there any reason the Installer's cpin and cpout commands can't be 
used?  They seem to be designed to copy files into and out of the BSD 
filesystem and don't need the files to be in tar or gzip format first.  
I've never had any problems with them other than having to deal with the 
File Type and Creator and UNIX LFs in the files on the MacOS side.  
FileTyper and Edit-II seem to handle these problems on MacOS pretty well 
though.

-bob