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From: mroussel@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca (Marc Roussel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: .sda & .lnx ??
Message-ID: <1990Aug22.150347.4163@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca>
Date: 22 Aug 90 15:03:47 GMT
References: <16200009@col.hp.com>
Organization: Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto
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In article <16200009@col.hp.com> warren@col.hp.com (Warren Tustin) writes:
>I have looked at what is available as downloads from ftp, 
>and many of the files have the suffixes .sda  &  .lnx
>What do I need to use these files and is it also available by ftp?
>Thanks for any help you can give.

An sda file is a Self-Dissolving Archive.  Just load it and run: it will
then dissolve itself automatically to disk.  (You did remember to put a
blank, formatted disk in the drive before you typed RUN, didn't you?
Good!)

A lnx file is a group of files that has been archived using the Lynx
archiver.  You need to get Lynx (available at the usual ftp sites) to
dissolve lnx archives.

If you have access to Qlink, you could also get Omega-Q.  This utility
dissolves all the common archive formats.

                                Sincerely,

				Marc R. Roussel
                                mroussel@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca