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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!pipex!demon!deva.demon.co.uk!gcattley
  2. Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
  3. From: gcattley@deva.demon.co.uk (Gary Cattley)
  4. Subject: Re: SFX archives
  5. Reply-To: gcattley@cix.compulink.co.uk
  6. References: <1992Aug13.221144.973@newton.ccs.tuns.ca>
  7. Organization: Me, Myself and I (Private)
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  10. Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 18:39:42 +0000
  11. Message-ID: <+hCxr*F20@deva.demon.co.uk>
  12. Sender: usenet@gate.demon.co.uk
  13.  
  14. In article <1992Aug13.221144.973@newton.ccs.tuns.ca>, Kevin MacDonald writes:
  15.  
  16. > What archiver is needed to extract files from a .SFX file?
  17. > 
  18. > Rob
  19. > 
  20. > 
  21.  
  22.  
  23. A .SFX file is a self extracting file, just copy it to the disk/directory
  24. where you want the unarchived files to go, open a CLI or shell and then just
  25. run it.
  26.  
  27. prog.sfx
  28. or
  29. run prog.sfx
  30.  
  31.  
  32. +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
  33. + Gary Cattley.                            Email:- gcattley@cix.compulink.co.uk  +
  34. +                                             or   gcattley@deva.demon.co.uk     +
  35. +                                                                                +
  36. +             'Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.'                +
  37. +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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