Neil,
To each his own, but I can't help wondering why you use a floppy to boot to
DOS, nor can I figure out why you want PKUNZIP to automatically unZIP files
as they are downloaded, or why you have to switch to windoze and then to DOS
to use PKUNZIP?
1. There are a number of freeware multi-OS boot programs available so that
you can select the OS you want to boot to when you fire up your PC.
Personally, I use a $ware program, System Commander, to set up multi-boot
partitions and use Partition Magic to partition and configure the disk
structure instead of FDISK.
2. When I download a ZIPped file, I don't want to unZIP it until I know
what is in it or that it is in the directory that I want it in. Using the
PKUNZIP command, PKUNZIP filename[ext] -vm permits you to see what files are
contained in the ZIPped file, what the size of the unZIPped file is and
whether the ZIPped file is set up to have subdirectories. Many times, ZIPped
files can contain files with the same filename, that if unZIPped in the
Arachne Download directory, will overwrite similarly named files.
3. Where is PKZIP/PKUNZIP on your HD? Are they in a directory in the PATH
statement? If so, you should be able to access them from anywhere on your
HD. I have a PKZIP and PKUNZIP .BAT files so that I don't have to have a
loooong PATH statement and can access both from anywhere on my HD. These are
two of the simplest .BAT files that I have:
REM PROGRAM PKZIP.BAT
@ECHO OFF
c:\compress\pk204g\%0.exe %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9
REM PROGRAM PKUNZIP.BAT
@ECHO OFF
c:\compress\pk204g\%0.exe %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9
As you can see, I have PKZIP/PKUNZIP in the C:\COMPRESS\PK204\ directory.
As you may recall, the BAT directory is in my path, so no matter where I
am, I can access the PKZIP/PKUNZIP programs. I also have other
compression/uncompression routines in C:\COMPRESS\ subdirectories that may be
needed for some programs, such as LZH, and others.
Roger Turk
Tucson, Arizona USA
Neil T. wrote:
. > Good Morning-
. > I have been getting great help from the list...many tnx. I have another
. > question regarding pkunzip.
. > I am using a boot disk to get my desktop to start up in dos....(I have
. > it going directly to Dosstart). When I find an interesting download in
. > zip form, I can't unzip it until I exit Dosstart, remove the boot disk and
. > start up Windows. I switch to Dos and I can use Pkunzip no problem.
. > Is this another Autoexec and path problem? I use Arachne as my browser
. > and would like to unzip my downloads from there, or Dosstart and not
. > have to exit and start over again.
. > Thanks and have a great one...
. > Neil T.
