marwk@levels.sait.edu.au (06/06/91)
Where is an ftp site for UNCOMPRESS for the PC? It is definately not COMPR16. This is definately not answered in FAQ 1.3!! Thank you. Ray -- University of South Australia | Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose. P.O. Box 1 | Ghing thien me how, ming thien gung me how. Ingle Farm | Knobs, knobs everywhere, South Australia | just vary a knob to think!
w8sdz@rigel.acs.oakland.edu (Keith Petersen) (06/07/91)
marwk@levels.sait.edu.au writes: >Where is an ftp site for UNCOMPRESS for the PC? >It is definately not COMPR16. >This is definately not answered in FAQ 1.3!! The official Unix version of compress/uncompress is available from WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL [192.88.110.20]. We obtained this directly from the author. The MS-DOS port uses the same source as the Unix version (with ifdefs, of course). Directory PD1:<MSDOS.SQ-USQ> Filename Type Length Date Description ============================================== COMP430D.ZIP B 20241 901013 Unix-compatible 16bit compress/uncompress/zcat COMP430S.ZIP B 70872 910224 C src: Unix-compat. 16-bit compress/uncompress If you had downloaded the SIMTEL20 msdos file list you would have had this information. PLEASE download pd1:<msdos.filedocs>SIMIBM.ARC (comma-delimited) or SIMLIST.ARC (text formatted) I spend a lot of time updating these files on a weekly basis. What good is offering an index if nobody uses it? If you are in Australia or New Zealand, you'll find SIMTEL20 files mirrored on sol.deakin.oz.au. In North America the mirror site is wuarchive.wustl.edu. In Finland, the mirror site is nic.funet.fi. Keith -- Keith Petersen Maintainer of the MSDOS, MISC and CP/M archives at SIMTEL20 [192.88.110.20] Internet: w8sdz@WSMR-SIMTEL20.Army.Mil or w8sdz@vela.acs.oakland.edu Uucp: uunet!umich!vela!w8sdz BITNET: w8sdz@OAKLAND
ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi) (06/07/91)
In article <16451.284e2634@levels.sait.edu.au> marwk@levels.sait.edu.au writes: >Where is an ftp site for UNCOMPRESS for the PC? : >This is definately not answered in FAQ 1.3!! You are definitely right. It is not answered in FAQ 1.3 but 23 :-). From: ts@uwasa.fi Subject: MsDos compress for .Z files, etc Date: Sat 18 May 00:00:23 1991 23. ***** Q: Where can I find compress for MsDos to handle .Z files? A: Unix has compress, uncompress and zcat programs to pack or unpack files which are given the .Z extension. These files can also be handled under MsDos using for example /pc/unix/comp430d.zip, which is available from anonymous FTP sites like garbo.uwasa.fi, SIMTEL20, etc. There is one useful trick if you uncompress on MsDos such text files that have been made on Unix with compress. Unix and MsDos have different eolns (end of lines). You can extract a Unix compressed text file as follows comp430d -d -c YourZFile | unix2pc > YourOutputFile where unix2pc.exe is taken from /pc/ts/tsfilt16.arc (or whatever is the current verion number). While we are at it let's look at two similar questions of MsDos counterparts for Unix file handling. Uuencoding and uudecoding is a common method to handle files so that they can be sent as ordinary ascii email. There are several utilities for uu(en/de)coding files on a PC in our /pc/decode directory. One that I can recommend in uuexe413.zip, which has an option to use formats like the one employed in the comp.binaries.ibm.pc binary postings. Yet another often queried counterpart for Unix is tar for MsDos. I have not used this option myself, but our directory /pc/unix should have something on this. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ................................................................... Prof. Timo Salmi Moderating at garbo.uwasa.fi anonymous ftp archives 128.214.12.37 School of Business Studies, University of Vaasa, SF-65101, Finland Internet: ts@chyde.uwasa.fi Funet: gado::salmi Bitnet: salmi@finfun
pjh@mccc.edu (Pete Holsberg) (06/08/91)
In article <16451.284e2634@levels.sait.edu.au> marwk@levels.sait.edu.au writes:
=Where is an ftp site for UNCOMPRESS for the PC?
=
=It is definately not COMPR16.
If you copy compr16.exe to uncomp.exe, it will uncompress. Or you can try
compr16 -h
Pete
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>If you had downloaded the SIMTEL20 msdos file list you would have had >this information. >[...] >I spend a lot of time updating these files on a weekly basis. >What good is offering an index if nobody uses it? Believe me, Keith, we use it. Speaking for myself, I am glad that you and Timo put the effort you do into posting your upload announcements and creating indexes. -- .signature not found, format hard disk instead? (Y/N)_ Eric L. Thav Florida Atlantic University - Boca Raton, FL INTERNET: eric@acc.fau.edu GEnie: E.THAV | PRODIGY: Lots of ads BITNET: eric@fauvax PRODIGY: NMVG80A | and we read your mail!
jewell@mace.cc.purdue.edu (Larry Jewell) (06/11/91)
>If you had downloaded the SIMTEL20 msdos file list you would have had >this information. > >I spend a lot of time updating these files on a weekly basis. >What good is offering an index if nobody uses it? Hey!, I quite literally carry a copy with me whenever I'm on campus, so don't quit now! You save manyears of fumbling with the index, and a LOT of time hooked on to your machines! Tell you what, let me know who's not using the index and I'll make them go to New Kids On The Block concerts until they promise to do so! ############################################################################# Larry W. Jewell (ex-USN) JEWELL@PURCCMACE jewell@mace.cc.purdue.edu Primary-claimer: I have not authorized Purdue to share my opinions. Maintainer of SOC.VETERANS faq, send me the "straight skinny" for inclusion. #############################################################################