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Q: UNIX Executable Files - Additional Info Needed About Zipped Files

I've tried to go through all of the questions posted so far but each link leads me back to the same three or four discussions.  I have downloaded zipped folders of sound samples.  When they are unzipped the files all have an extra space added just after the extension.  This causes them to be read as UNIX Executable files.  I've discovered the problem but the only cure I've found is to open their info page and erase the space and then confirm that they are aif files.  Is there any way to stop this from happening in the unzip process?  If not is there a method to change these in large groups as opposed to confirming every file one at a time?  I've done about 100 of them but the next folder has 275 files.  Also if the sounds were zipped as stereo files this folder also appears to have separate Left and Right files. I'm not sure if that also could have happened in the file compression process.  The download site has hundreds of folders from different contributors but the file formatting is very consistent.  Thanks for your time.

Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8), 3.0 Quad

Posted on Aug 25, 2012 4:18 PM

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