Preserved Topic: Client File Nightmare! (Page 1 of 1)

OK, I'm doing some contract work for the company I used to work for and one of their clients has sent them some files that they can't get open. They asked me to give it a shot, but I can't seem to figure them out, either.

They end in .job.sea - I tried uncompressing them with Aladdin Expander, which usually gets .sea files open, but it isn't working. I'm not sure what the .job is.

Anybody got any ideas? Urgent stuff!

Thanks!

have ya tried renaming them without the .job. bit?

I'll go ahead and tell you that I have no idea what the hell .job is. .sea is a self-extracting archive for mac, but you already knew that...

I'd say take the .job off and replace with .doc to see if it's a word document. Seems kinda logical...I guess.

might be a typo for jpg too.


Walking the Earth like Kane

*looks suspiciously at his k/b* darn.. the 'o' and the 'p' and the 'b' and the 'g' are right next to each other.... hmmmm

nobody could fat finger that bad could they? <img border=0 align=absmiddle src="http://www.ozones.com/forum/smile.gif">

EIDT: lol. talk about fat fingers.. mine need to go on a diet! correcting typo! lol



[This message has been edited by vogonpoet (edited 11-10-2000).]

I don't think the .job is a typo - it's on all four files and on all four directories that those files are in. I doubt they miskeyed the same thing eight times. And at 88 MB, those would be some pretty huge JPGs.

But it won't decompress from .sea in the first place, so the second extension isn't even a problem yet. Expander just tells me the file was not in the expected format.

Oh, and yes, I have tried numerous renamings.




[This message has been edited by Wes (edited 11-10-2000).]

Have you tried checking the file headers with a hex editor? It's going to take some real homework, but it's pretty much the closest thing to a sure-fire method I can think of. Good luck.

Wes are you trying to open the files on a Mac or a Windows Machine?

I have had some problems trying to use Alladin on a windows box.


Walking the Earth like Kane

Tried the hex editor...couldn't find anything useful.

Bit, it's on a Windows machine. I usually don't have trouble with Aladdin myself, but that might be the problem. And I don't have a Mac to try.