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- From: davidsen@ariel.crd.GE.COM (william E Davidsen)
- Newsgroups: comp.compression
- Subject: Re: Bug in UnZip 5.0?
- Message-ID: <1992Sep8.175514.16820@crd.ge.com>
- Date: 8 Sep 92 17:55:14 GMT
- References: <1992Sep3.152719.837@debet.nhh.no> <79339@ut-emx.uucp>
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- In article <79339@ut-emx.uucp>, churchh@ut-emx.uucp (Henry Churchyard) writes:
- |
- | If there are both files XXX and XXX.zip in a directory, and you
- | specify just 'XXX' (rather than 'XXX.zip') as an archivename on the
- | command line, it is true that UNZIP then will try to read XXX (rather
- | than XXX.zip) as an archive file. This could be considered a feature
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- If XXX is a directory rather than a file there is no problem, but if
- you specify XXX and XXX exists, unzip tries to use it. This is correct
- behavior, since you can use either by specifying the entire filename.
- Unzip tries to use the name you gave, if there is no file by that name
- it adds .zip and tries again.
-
- Also, when using zip, if the archive name contains a dot the .zip is
- not added. This is deliberate, also, for systems where you want or need
- another extension. I use .Zip for new zip files, .zip for old, so I
- won't send someone something they can't unpac.
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- bill davidsen, GE Corp. R&D Center; Box 8; Schenectady NY 12345
- I admit that when I was in school I wrote COBOL. But I didn't compile.
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