Unix executables
Donald A. Gardiner
dagardiner at comcast.net
Mon May 12 12:51:17 PDT 2008
Thank you, gentlemen, for your quick response. I tried the Platform
Converter method on three of the files. The results were the same for
all three. After dragging the strange file to the "Fix Type/Creator
Codes" section of the wizard, the icon changed to the familiar
Panorama cube but then the dreaded message "The application Panorama
quit unexpectedly." appeared. I thought we had it fixed but there is
still something wrong.
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> Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 15:06:13 -0400
> From: "Donald A. Gardiner" <dagardiner at comcast.net>
> Subject: Unix executables
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> I was surprised, when I went back to some old files (about the turn
> of the century and before) that the icons in the folders had changed
> to black rectangles with "exec" in the upper left corner. The data
> beneath indicated that this was a Unix executable file. I never saw
> this before and hence the surprise. On trying to open the file I was
> presented with a screen full of gibberish.
> Can I recover these files?
> Donald
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> From: Gary Yonaites <gary at yonaites.com>
> Subject: Re: Unix executables
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> You should be able to use the Get Info box in the Finder and the Open
> With panel to set the linked application to you current version of
> Panorama. Also click the Change All button to affect all similar
> files. You can also just drag the file icon onto your Panorama icon
> in the dock to open them. These ancient files contain type/creator
> tags that the current finder does not recognize until you associate
> them with the newer version of Panorama.
>
> On May 10, 2008, at 1:06 PM, Donald A. Gardiner wrote:
>
>> I was surprised, when I went back to some old files (about the turn
>> of the century and before) that the icons in the folders had
>> changed to black rectangles with "exec" in the upper left corner.
>> The data beneath indicated that this was a Unix executable file. I
>> never saw this before and hence the surprise. On trying to open the
>> file I was presented with a screen full of gibberish.
>> Can I recover these files?
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> Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 13:06:42 -0700
> From: James Rea <jim at provue.com>
> Subject: Re: Unix executables
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>> I was surprised, when I went back to some old files (about the turn
>> of the century and before) that the icons in the folders had changed
>> to black rectangles with "exec" in the upper left corner. The data
>> beneath indicated that this was a Unix executable file. I never saw
>> this before and hence the surprise. On trying to open the file I was
>> presented with a screen full of gibberish.
>
> I'll bet that at some point you had these files on a PC drive,
> perhaps a
> USB thumbnail drive. That's a surefire way to cause this issue.
> Fortunately it is easy to fix.
>
>> You should be able to use the Get Info box in the Finder and the Open
>> With panel to set the linked application to you current version of
>> Panorama.
>
> That is one way to go, you can also use the Platform Converter wizard
> which I'll describe in a moment.
>
>> Also click the Change All button to affect all similar
>> files.
>
> I don't think that is such a great idea. There may be all sorts of
> files
> that are not Panorama files that could be affected by this. If you use
> Get Info I think you should fix the files one at a time.
>
> Another way to fix this is to open Panorama, then open the Platform
> Converter wizard (in the Utilities submenu). Drag the problem files
> onto
> the "Fix Type/Creator Codes" section of this wizard. You can do this
> one
> at a time or drag a whole bunch of them at once.
>
> Jim Rea
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> Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 15:22:23 -0500
> From: David Thompson <dthmpsn1 at uiuc.edu>
> Subject: Re: Unix executables
> To: "Panorama Questions & Answers \(Discussion\)" <qna at provue.com>
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>>> You should be able to use the Get Info box in the Finder and the
>>> Open?
>>> With panel to set the linked application to you current version of?
>>> Panorama.
>>
>> That is one way to go, you can also use the Platform Converter wizard
>> which I'll describe in a moment.
>>
>>> Also click the Change All button to affect all similar?
>>> files.
>>
>> I don't think that is such a great idea. There may be all sorts of
>> files
>> that are not Panorama files that could be affected by this. If you
>> use
>> Get Info I think you should fix the files one at a time.
>
> If it doesn't have a type/creator code, I don't
> think it's going to matter much what you tell the
> Finder. Panorama isn't going to open it, if it
> doesn't know what type it is. You need to restore
> the type/creator codes, and the platform
> converter is probably the simplest way to do that.
>
> Dave
>
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> Message: 5
> Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 15:40:10 -0500
> From: David Thompson <dthmpsn1 at uiuc.edu>
> Subject: Re: Unix executables
> To: "Panorama Questions & Answers \(Discussion\)" <qna at provue.com>
> Message-ID: <p06240802c44bb6ae6c44@[130.126.130.114]>
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>> I'll bet that at some point you had these files on a PC drive,
>> perhaps a
>> USB thumbnail drive. That's a surefire way to cause this issue.
>
> My USB thumbnail drive is DOS formatted, because I need to use it on
> both Mac and PC computers. I have no problem with type/creator codes
> for my Panorama files getting lost, because those files all
> originated on an OS X computer. The problem occurs when a DOS
> formatted drive is used to transfer files from an OS 9 computer to an
> OS X. Both operating systems have ways of preserving the resource
> fork and type/creator codes on DOS formatted drives, but it's not the
> same way, and neither recognizes the other way of doing it.
>
> Dave
>
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> Message: 6
> Date: Sun, 11 May 2008 11:10:37 -0700
> From: revDAVE <Cool at hosting4days.com>
> Subject: Upgrade Install Question
> To: "Panorama Questions & Answers (Discussion)" <qna at provue.com>
> Message-ID: <C44C84AD.28794%Cool at hosting4days.com>
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> - I have a buddy who has been using panorama 5 on an old laptop
> - He is leaving town tomorrow so I am trying to help him out...
> - he just bought a new macbook pro & upgraded to 5.5
>
> Q: Can he just install pan 5.5 directly on the new computer without
> having
> the previous 5.0 version on the computer - or does he need to
> install the
> old version first?
>
>
> --
> Thanks - RevDave
> Cool @ hosting4days . com
> [db-lists]
>
>
>
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> Message: 7
> Date: Sun, 11 May 2008 13:47:01 -0500
> From: David Thompson <dthmpsn1 at uiuc.edu>
> Subject: Re: Upgrade Install Question
> To: "Panorama Questions & Answers \(Discussion\)" <qna at provue.com>
> Message-ID: <p06240800c44cedc342f4@[130.126.130.106]>
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>> - I have a buddy who has been using panorama 5 on an old laptop
>> - He is leaving town tomorrow so I am trying to help him out...
>> - he just bought a new macbook pro & upgraded to 5.5
>>
>> Q: Can he just install pan 5.5 directly on the new computer without
>> having
>> the previous 5.0 version on the computer - or does he need to
>> install the
>> old version first?
>
> He doesn't need to have the previous version on the computer to
> install. However,since this is an upgrade, and not a completely new
> license, I'm pretty sure he will need to deactivate the registration
> on the old computer before he can activate the registration on the
> new one.
>
> Dave
>
>
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> Message: 8
> Date: Sun, 11 May 2008 11:55:15 -0700
> From: revDAVE <Cool at hosting4days.com>
> Subject: Re: Upgrade Install Question
> To: "Panorama Questions & Answers \(Discussion\)" <qna at provue.com>
> Message-ID: <C44C8F23.28799%Cool at hosting4days.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
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> On 5/11/2008 11:47 AM, "David Thompson" <dthmpsn1 at uiuc.edu> wrote:
>
>>> - I have a buddy who has been using panorama 5 on an old laptop
>>> - He is leaving town tomorrow so I am trying to help him out...
>>> - he just bought a new macbook pro & upgraded to 5.5
>>>
>>> Q: Can he just install pan 5.5 directly on the new computer
>>> without having
>>> the previous 5.0 version on the computer - or does he need to
>>> install the
>>> old version first?
>>
>> He doesn't need to have the previous version on the computer to
>> install. However,since this is an upgrade, and not a completely new
>> license, I'm pretty sure he will need to deactivate the registration
>> on the old computer before he can activate the registration on the
>> new one.
>>
>> Dave
>
>
> Thanks Dave - I think you're right and I'll pass that on to him!
>
> --
> Thanks - RevDave
> Cool @ hosting4days . com
> [db-lists]
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