On Sunday, Sept 19 1999, Mike Yates wrote:
> Well, here is some advice for those who 'don't know how to decompress and
> install a .gz file'. or who like me want to finally get away from the MS DOS
> straitjacket.
>
> Until recently, once I cracked it, I have been dutifully using gunzip
> itself - with MS DOS because it doesn't work with Windows, and because my
> downloads were often corrupted if a browser/ Winzip or Mac/Stuffit then
> transfer path was followed.
>
> Now I use the easily findeable shareware FTP Explorer then Winzip and the
> problems disappear.
Don't forget you can use MetaCard to compress and decompress files. The
basic syntax is:
put compress(URL "binfile:C:/example.gz") into URL "binfile:C:/example.exe"
There is a more detailed article about this on our web site.
Regards,
Kevin
> Mike Yates
Kevin Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.xworlds.com/>
Cross Worlds Computing, MetaCard Distributors, Custom Development.
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