That takes the cake for today thank you. Now who'd a thought, easier to extract Ross's printer's ppd file from the windows driver pack than the MacOS X pack :-)
On Thu, September 22, 2005 2:22 pm, John Blance said: > > How about 'mscompress' > > Description: Microsoft compress.exe/expand.exe compatible > (de)compressor > > Marked as testing in portage > > Note I have not used this. > > Regards > John > >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 22/09/2005 1:37:37 p.m. >>> > > On Thu, 22 Sep 2005 13:16:36 +1200 (NZST) > Wesley Parish wrote: > >> Well, it should be called "barf", there's ample reason for it. >> >> cabextract http://corefonts.sourceforge.net/ >> >> If I remember correctly, the file "extract.exe" in MS Win[whatever] > extracts >> them. So cabextract should do the "honours" in Linux. >> >> Wesley Parish > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~/Brother/UK-ENG $ cabextract bm7820n.pp_ > Extracting cabinet: bm7820n.pp_ > bm7820n.pp_: not a Microsoft cabinet file. > > next please :-) > >> >> Quoting Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >> > Windows drivers are sometimes delivered as compressed with a now > fairly >> > ancient scheme. part of which is that the filename is truncated, > and >> > the >> > last letter of the extension replaced with a underscore. >> > >> > (Like printer.ppd becomes printer.pp_) >> > >> > In windows 2k one can run the expand utility like: >> > >> > expand printer.pp_ printer.ppd >> > >> > Is there a utility for *nix which will deal with these files? > unzip, >> > gunzip, barf. Not sure where to go next. >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > >> > >> >> >> >> "Sharpened hands are happy hands. >> "Brim the tinfall with mirthful bands" >> - A Deepness in the Sky, Vernor Vinge >> >> "I me. Shape middled me. I would come out into hot!" >> I from the spicy that day was overcasked mockingly - it's a symbol of > the >> other horizon. - emacs : meta x dissociated-press > > -- > Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > ********************************************************************** > Check out our web site: > http://www.cdhb.govt.nz > > This email and attachments have been scanned for content and viruses > and is believed to be clean > This email or attachments may contain confidential or legally > privileged information intended for the sole use of the addressee(s). > Any use, redistribution, disclosure, or reproduction of this message, > except as intended, is prohibited. If you received this email in error, > please notify the sender and remove all copies of the message, > including any attachments. Any views or opinions expressed in this > email (unless otherwise stated) may not represent those of Canterbury > District Health Board > ********************************************************************** >
