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From: tcs@router.jhuapl.edu
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Subject: Re: ozshare1 info files
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Date: 8 Nov 90 17:00:16 GMT
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In article <1990Oct16.210817.19395@mtcchi.uucp>, msc@mtcchi.uucp (2664-Michael S. Cross(Z550100)0000) writes:
>Well, there are quite a few (useless) "info" files in the ozshare1.zoo 
>package.  Anyone have a good idea how to get them out?
>
>I tried my usual approach: extract the archive and don't overwrite any on the
>first pass (say "n" 22 times), overwrite it once on the second pass, once on
>the third pass ...  I get to the 5th pass and it skips the rest!
>
>FV (another wonderful utility by Vernon D. Buerg. Ding* Ding* Ding*) shows
>that all the info files are of a different length, but I can't get them out
>of the package.  (OK, so "zoo -list ozshar1.zoo" says the same thing)
>Is there a way to get zoo (ver 2.01) to extract the files into seperate
>directories?
>
>Just one other gripe besides all the documentation having the same name ...
>it all needs to be converted to DOS.  It's in UNIX(R) CR/LF/NL format.  Ugh.
>
>Mike
>
>-- 
>Michael S. Cross             (msc@mtcchi.UUCP)                  (708)-305-3018
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You're going to get inundated with mail on this one, so let me be one of 
the first.  You need to do a Zoo \\ (I believe or //) to have it extract to 
sub-directories. Try "zoo h" to see what the exact syntax is.

Carl Schelin
tcs@router.jhuapl.edu