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From: mcoffey@aix.aix.kingston.ibm.com (Michael Coffey)
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Subject: Re: unshelling GNU Plot
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Date: 25 Sep 90 15:35:43 GMT
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In article <7101.26fcbe11@uwovax.uwo.ca>, sterling@uwovax.uwo.ca writes:
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> From: sterling@uwovax.uwo.ca
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> Subject: unshelling GNU Plot
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> I have obtained the files for GNU Plot, but am unable to use them since they
> need to be 'shelled'. I'm not sure what is required to do this. The files are
> ASCII text, and the source code is there, but throughout the files are some
> kind of script commands. What do I need to decode this stuff? I am using
> an IBM model 50 with MSDOS 3.3. 
> 
> Thank you in advance
> 	Sterling.
> 
> 
It sounds like you have a shell archeive file. You need a UNIX system
with a bourne shell. You execute the archeive file by entering the
command: sh filename

You could do this on MS-DOS if you can get a bourne or korn shell for
that operating system. I know MKS sells a korn shell for MS-DOS, that
should do the job for you.  Failing that, you could edit the file,
deleting the junk at the beginning of each line, and breaking the file
into multiple files by hand (not fun, but can be done).

...Mike


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