At 05:14 AM 4/20/2002 +0100, Dave wrote: >One, how do I unzip something and keep the headers.
You have to unzip using a QDOS version of unzip. You can't unzip using a Windows, DOS, or Unix version. Only the QDOS version will allow the headers to come through. If you don't have an executable copy of unzip or infounzip, then check out Jonathan Hudson's web page where he give the executable and a way to re-create the headers. >Two, is there a utility like the Linux RAWRITE utility that would allow >someone to distribute disk images and have them reproduce perfectly at the >other end? Maybe, if there isn't one, someone could find a simple way to >make a disk image that RAWRITE can use? Using a QDOS version of unzip (or info-unzip) you really don't need a tool like RAWRITE. Remember that different QLers are using different versions of the file system. QBIDE HD file system is different that a QXL.WIN file, which is different than the Q40 HD file system, etc. Heck, I just got a Miracle HD system and it's probably got another version of the file system. I'm guessing that RAWRITE is something similar to 'dd'. 'dd' is OK for somethings, but I would not use it to transfer files from IRIX to Linux to Solaris, mostly because they use a different file system. Think of zip/unzip more generic like 'tar' or 'compress' (and gzip). If any North American QLer needs any of the archiver tools on a QDOS DD floppy, I can dump what I have onto a disk (got tons of them) and get it off in the mail. I think I've got a disk with a number of archiving programs on it. Tim Swenson
