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- From: bazyar@teal.csn.org (Jawaid Bazyar)
- Subject: Re: SEAs?
- Message-ID: <bazyar.721961650@teal>
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- Organization: Colorado SuperNet, Inc.
- References: <92321.123328TS8RBOTW@MIAMIU.BITNET>
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 00:54:10 GMT
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- Radagast <TS8RBOTW@MIAMIU.BITNET> writes:
-
- >Why are Sefl-Extracting Archives (particularly GSHK) called self-
- >extracting when they don't? That's annoying having to change the
- >file type and aux type like we have to do with GSHK. Is GSHK the
- >only SEA like that, or do all have to be manipulated? GSHK is the
- >only SEA I've ever seen.
-
-
- Most GSHK archives posted to the Internet lose their file/auxtype
- settings. When posted to a pay online service like GEnie or AOL,
- these settings are preserved, either automatically (like AOL) or
- by using the Auto-Binary II and Auto-UnBinary II options in Proterm
- (GEnie).
-
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