> The obnoxious file-roller program can read them. File-roller is part of > the obnoxious GNOME desktop, clearly.
Not sure what you're getting at, but thanks for the tip. Unfortunately you're wrong at least for my version of gnome, where file-roller seems to be GUI facade without guts: /bin/sh: unstuff: command not found Googling for it right at the top finds a commercial supplier but not a lot in the line of Linux extractor programs. But the answer to my question is here: http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Apps/stuffit-archives.html Easy to see why .bin is an obnoxious format. Unpacking a tar or zip just works, as well as a raft of other archive/compression formats. I also know why I don't much like gnome apps. File-roller can't even remember the last directory it opened a file from. I love click-me-to-death GUIs. Not. Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is possibly list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.
