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From: gwing@mullauna.cs.mu.OZ.AU (Geoff C Wing)
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Subject: Re: .pak files
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Date: 12 Apr 91 10:33:24 GMT
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jol@sei.cmu.edu (DR. J) writes:

>Hi.

>What are  .pak files?  What was used to make these files?

>Thanks,

.pak files are self de-archiving files. just run as a normal executable and it
will remove the files from itself. They are made with a program called :
pak or pak2(which is the latest(?)(but fairly old) version).
The compression was only average and there is really no call for it due to the
popularity of lharc
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