On Tue, 17 Oct 2000, Chronos wrote:
> I know how to uncompress the data, but what the heck do I do with it after I
> have uncompressed it?? If I just used vi I think the system would probably
> crash or take forever to open the file. This is what I want to do, I want to
> write a PHP script that will beable to search the file and display it on a
> page.
In the words of the perpetual civil servant "that's a bold idea"
what exactly do you want to do with the data - it's in bind zone format -
so a conversion maybe in order. But you need to know what it is you want
to do with it. And yes - vi don't work on it.
regards
joe
>
> Randall Clark
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joe Baptista" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Marc Schneiders" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: "Chronos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "OpenSRS Discuss"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2000 3:36 PM
> Subject: Re: NSI DATA
>
>
> > On Wed, 18 Oct 2000, Marc Schneiders wrote:
> >
> > > On Tue, 17 Oct 2000, Chronos wrote:
> > >
> > > > A bit off topic, discussed on the list before.
> > > >
> > > > Hello, I am wondering if anyone knows how to open the TLD data
> downloadable
> > > > from NSI?
> > > > I have registered with them and can FTP into the server and download
> the
> > > > data but I have no idea what to do with it once I have it. Any help
> would
> > > > be great.
> > >
> > > Gunzip them, like this, if you use unix:
> > >
> > > gunzip com.zone.gz
> > >
> > > It will grow a lot :-)
> >
> > oh boy will it ever. i have yet to unzip that file - i normally pipe the
> > data i need via a stream and capture what i need.
> >
> > >
> > > I think winzip should be able to do this as well.
> >
> > yes - it can do it as well - it will also go boink. Have you ever
> > unzipped the zone using winzip. If it is possible - then my hat offto
> > the winzip - who is unfortunately dead now.
> >
> >
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