yee@edison.seas.ucla.edu (John Yee) (06/06/91)
Hi, an elementary question most likely, but... Even if we do get ZIP for Unix, don't we still have the same problem of Unix using <LF> for end-of-line, while DOS uses <LF>-<CR>, so that if we download ZIPped text files to our PC's, we still have to run them through things like WordPerfect's text save to get the <CR>'s? Of course, a short program would work, I suppose, but maybe the inclusion of some kind of DOS option in the upcoming ZIP would solve this thing most gracefully? Sorry if I am missing something obvious here... jy, yee@seas.ucla.edu
ncc1701@aix01.aix.rpi.edu (Mark O. Chadwick) (06/07/91)
yee@edison.seas.ucla.edu (John Yee) writes: >Even if we do get ZIP for Unix, don't we still have the same problem >of Unix using <LF> for end-of-line, while DOS uses <LF>-<CR>, so that >if we download ZIPped text files to our PC's, we still have to run >them through things like WordPerfect's text save to get the <CR>'s? >Of course, a short program would work, I suppose, but maybe the inclusion >of some kind of DOS option in the upcoming ZIP would solve this thing >most gracefully? This would only affect text files. But, I think most word processors can deal with it, albeit somewhat poorly. If you would like a converter that does what you ask (for DOS, anyway) let me know. I've got a short one. -- Mark "Emerson" Chadwick ncc1701@rpi.edu or usergdes@rpitsmts.bitnet "It has come to the attention of management that employees have been dying on the job. This practice MUST STOP. Any employee found dead on the job, either in an upright or prone position, will immediately be dropped from the payroll."
u8902741@cs.uow.edu.au (Kiddie) (06/08/91)
yee@edison.seas.ucla.edu (John Yee) writes: >Even if we do get ZIP for Unix, don't we still have the same problem >of Unix using <LF> for end-of-line, while DOS uses <LF>-<CR>, so that >if we download ZIPped text files to our PC's, we still have to run >them through things like WordPerfect's text save to get the <CR>'s? >Of course, a short program would work, I suppose, but maybe the inclusion >of some kind of DOS option in the upcoming ZIP would solve this thing >most gracefully? If you want some programs to do this for you, ive written and optimised one for unix and one for dos, it now processes ( on the dos machine ) about 2 megs a minute. See ya -- _--_|\ Kevin Withnall 3:712/206.0>Fidonet / \ u8902741@wyvern.cs.uow.edu.au \_.--._/ Wollongong University Australia v Lassie was a scrap dog.
w8sdz@rigel.acs.oakland.edu (Keith Petersen) (06/08/91)
UNZIP41 for Unix, which was recently released by the Info-ZIP group,
has an option to deal with text files. Here is the help screen:
UnZip: Zipfile Extract v4.1 of 5-13-91; (C) 1989 Samuel H. Smith
Courtesy of: S.H.Smith and The Tool Shop BBS, (602) 279-2673.
Versions 3.0 and later brought to you by the fine folks at Info-ZIP
(Info-ZIP@WSMR-SIMTEL20.Army.Mil)
Usage: unzip [ -xecptlvz[qadoUV] ] file[.zip] [filespec...]
-x,-e extract files in archive (default--i.e., this flag is optional)
-c extract files to stdout ("CRT")
-p extract files to stdout and no informational messages (for pipes)
-t test files
-l list files (short format)
-v verbose listing of files
-z display only the archive comment
-q perform operations quietly (up to two q's allowed)
-a convert to Unix/VMS textfile format (CR LF => LF)
-d include directory structure when extracting/listing
-o OK to overwrite files without prompting
-U don't map filenames to lowercase for selected (uppercase) OS's
-V retain file version numbers
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Uucp: uunet!umich!vela!w8sdz BITNET: w8sdz@OAKLANDmorgan@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Dylan Kaufman) (06/09/91)
In article <3029@lee.SEAS.UCLA.EDU> yee@edison.seas.ucla.edu (John Yee) writes:
Date: 6 Jun 91 06:04:50 GMT
Hi, an elementary question most likely, but...
Even if we do get ZIP for Unix, don't we still have the same problem
of Unix using <LF> for end-of-line, while DOS uses <LF>-<CR>, so that
if we download ZIPped text files to our PC's, we still have to run
them through things like WordPerfect's text save to get the <CR>'s?
Of course, a short program would work, I suppose, but maybe the inclusion
of some kind of DOS option in the upcoming ZIP would solve this thing
most gracefully?
I was using QEdit for a while, but got Epsilon instead, and I have
discovered that it is really quite easy to deal with the difference
with those two because they are very quick... I just load in the file
I want to change and make the editor write it out again... takes a
couple seconds...
Perhaps when Phil Katz comes out (if he does) with a unix version of
Zip, he'll make it so that any version will change text files for you
on the fly (while unzipping perhaps) if you request it...
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