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   Martin Foster to August Abolins   
   oxp: unpacker HOW?   
   01 May 20 11:53:00   
   
   MSGID: 2:310/31.3@fidonet e4005c84   
   REPLY: 2:221/1.58@fidonet e3d23369   
   PID: OpenXP/5.0.43 (Win32) (i386)   
   CHRS: IBMPC 2   
   TZUTC: 0100   
   Hello August!   
      
   *** Monday 27.04.20 at 23:53, August Abolins wrote to Martin Foster:   
      
    AA>> ³  Download unpacker   gzip -d $DOWNFILE $PUFFER   
      
    AA>>  ...and gzip *is* in the OpenXP home directory.   
      
    AA>> What could be the problem?   
      
    AA> I found out that gzip -d  complains about the bundle suffixes.   
      
    AA> I would rather use unzip .   
      
    AA> So.. what should the unpacker line look like if I want to use unzip?   
      
    AA> According to the unzip syntax, the following won't work:   
      
    AA>  unzip $DOWNLOAD $PUFFER   
      
    AA> Do I use the following instead:   
      
    AA>  unzip $DOWNLOAD -d $PUFFER   
      
   No, it should just be unzip $DOWNFILE   
      
   Regards,   
   Martin   
      
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