Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!rutgers!att!cbnewsi!melnik From: melnik@cbnewsi.ATT.COM (joann.melnik) Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Subject: Re: Extracting files Message-ID: <220@cbnewsi.ATT.COM> Date: 8 Jun 89 13:19:51 GMT References: Reply-To: melnik@cbnewsi.ATT.COM (joann.melnik,ho,) Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 23 In article st0o+@andrew.cmu.edu (Steven Timm) writes: }I have just recently subscribed to this bulletin board, and am not sure }what procedure needs to be }followed to extract the archives of the various binary files found }thereon. It seems that one needs } Do I cut out the pieces of the archive and paste them together before }trying to unarc it? or do I unarc it first. And should this }be done on Unix machinery or on a PC (I have access to both versions). } }Any help is appreciated. What about uudecode? Where does that fit in? I too am new and would apprciate instructions on how to use the wealth of information posted here! Thanks in advance. Joanne Melnik, neophyte (and not ashamed to admit it)