Path: utzoo!mnetor!tmsoft!torsqnt!lethe!yunexus!ists!helios.physics.utoronto.ca!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!samsung!munnari.oz.au!ariel!ucsvc.ucs.unimelb.edu.au!lu!ecsgrt
From: ECSGRT@lure.latrobe.edu.au (Geoffrey Tobin, Electronic Engineering)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: how do I Unzip files????
Message-ID: <5034@lure.latrobe.edu.au>
Date: 9 Feb 91 05:13:43 GMT
References: <1991Jan2.190933.15379@wpi.WPI.EDU> <1991Jan3.160028.23114@uwasa.fi>
Organization: VAX Cluster, Computer Centre, La Trobe University
Lines: 54

In article <1991Jan3.160028.23114@uwasa.fi>, ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi) writes:
> In article <1991Jan2.190933.15379@wpi.WPI.EDU> shunho@wpi.WPI.EDU (Shun Ke Ho) writes:
>>
>>
>>I am having trouble unzipping files
>>Can someone tell me where to get
>>and how to use the file(s) to
>>unzip..
> 
> An extract from /pc/ts/tsfaq15.arc:
> 
> 13. *****
>  Q1: What is this file with this .zip (.arc, .arj, .lzh, .pak, .sdn,
> ..zoo) extension? What am I supposed to do to it?
>  Q2: I can't run this file I got with a .zip extension.
> 
>  A: This is a total beginner's question, but never mind. One is
> supposed to start from somewhere. These files with a .zip (.arc,
> ..lzh, .pak. .zoo) are compressed collections of files. You are not
> supposed to run a compressed entity (often also called an archive).
> You are supposed to unpack it first to extract the files from within
> the package. For this you need the relevant (un)packing program. You
> can find them in the /pc/pd2 and /pc/arcers directories at the
> anonymous ftp site uwasa.fi, or at practically any fine bulletin
> board. (After you have gotten them, they are very easy to process,
> since most often these utilities are self-extracting). At the time
> of writing this we have eg
>   arc602.exe      SEA's .arc packing/unpacking system.
>   arj015a.zip     Robert Kung's .arj archiver beta test version
>   lh114b.exe      Dense compression from Japan, (hacked?) version
>   lh113de.exe     Latest attested version for .lzh compression
>   pak251.exe      NoGate (un)packing for pak, arc, sdn, zip, files
>   pk361.exe       This packed and unpacked .arc files fast
>   pkz110eu.exe    PKZIP/PKUNZIP "Euroversion" with no encryption
>   zoo201.exe      Zoo packing/unpacking facility from Rahul Dhesi
> Once you are well familiar with unpacking and packing, there is an
> excellent shell for running these utilities. It is called SHEZ and
> is in version /pc/pd2/shez59.zip at the time I wrote this item.
>    Another advanced feature once you get the hang of this, is that
> (most of) these are available in the Unix environment, as well. See
> the /unix/ts directory at uwasa.fi for the Unix versions.
> 
> ....................................................................
> Prof. Timo Salmi        (Moderating at anon. ftp site 128.214.12.3)
> School of Business Studies, University of Vaasa, SF-65101, Finland
> Internet: ts@chyde.uwasa.fi Funet: gado::salmi Bitnet: salmi@finfun

This is all very well, but some of these (un)packing programs have
scary copyright notices on them!  So what happens when the (gasp!)
SOFTWARE POLICE catch us Uni-folk with these little beauties in our
little red hands?  ):-(  (Don't laugh!  Australia has such police.)

Yours sincerely,
Frightfully alarmed.