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- From: isc10327@nusunix1.nus.sg (ONG TAT-WEE)
- Subject: Re: SEAs?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.061830.3553@nuscc.nus.sg>
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- Organization: National University of Singapore
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- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 06:18:30 GMT
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- Mark Allen (mallen@casbah.acns.nwu.edu) wrote:
- : In article <92321.123328TS8RBOTW@MIAMIU.BITNET> 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.
- : >
- : >Just curious...
- : > ...Tim
- :
- : I downloaded my copy of GSHK 1.1 from GEnie. All I had to do was double click
- : on it and viola! A new copy of GSHK 1.1, no hassles, no mess. I believe the
- : copy that U/L on the NET was corrupted or something. But the SEA I got worked
- : fine.
- :
- : --Mark
- :
- Same here, why do you have to change filetype for it to work??
- I just double click on the SEA file and that's it, it just self-extract.
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- - DOTW -
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