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From: DOUG@ECL.PSU.EDU ("Douglas H. Hughes")
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: ftp help
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Date: 18 Mar 89 23:02:00 GMT
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Can anyone tell me exactly what a GIF file is for? I downloaded one and
unarchived it, and now it's just sitting on my disk in binary doing
nothing.. something tells me that it won't be very useful for me.. Am
I right? I have an enhanced apple//e. The archive in particular was
35.1.1.43. I believe.. What do all of the prefixes for the files me..
I've been able to figure out a few.. like ut. = utility.. and do. = doc
and now I know that gi. = gif... but the rest of them are pretty meaningless
Could someone upload a sort of thesaurus for these terms and post it?
I'm sure that there are a lot more people like me who haven't had as much
experience with the ftp sites, and don't know what they mean. Thanks for 
any and all help.. (once again.) :-)
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