People who "don't know how to use regular zip files" are extremely unlikely to have the knowledge to make any use of the SHARE presentations.
There is no reason to create a so-called self-extracting zip file in this day & age. It's either redundant or useless, as well as an unnecessary security risk. Many companies will block download of an executable. sas On Mon, May 1, 2017 at 10:20 AM, Mark Post <mp...@suse.com> wrote: > >>> On 5/1/2017 at 09:18 AM, Paul Gilmartin > <0000000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > Why is that distributed as a "self-extracting" ZIP file? Does that > > I suppose because some people don't know how to use regular zip files. > > > cause problems on systems other than Windows? Or can it be > > extracted with conventional utilities on other systems? > > SHARE also provides an ISO file for people that don't want/need the > self-extracting zip file. > > > Mark Post > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- sas ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
