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- From: fadden@uts.amdahl.com (Andy McFadden)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Subject: Re: More help for the dummy...
- Message-ID: <d6zq038N829400@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com>
- Date: 14 Sep 92 18:53:16 GMT
- References: <9209141303.AA02685@apple.com> <1992Sep14.154118.10873@news.iastate.edu>
- Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA
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- In article <1992Sep14.154118.10873@news.iastate.edu> irsman@iastate.edu (Ian Schmidt) writes:
- >To unpack a '.shar' (SHell ARchive) file, type the following (again only on
- >Unix):
- >
- >filename.shar
-
- Or "sh filename.shar". This also avoids the chmod thing.
-
- >There is no real advantage to using these types of archives, but they are the
- >standard for Unix/Ultrix/SunOS/HP-UX/A-UX/AIX/Linux/etc systems. I undersand
- >that the 'tar' utility is also avalible for GNO and possibly also the other
- >shells like Orca, ECP-16, etc.
-
- The advantage of shar archives is that they are ASCII-only and can be posted.
- However, there is no advantage to using them in the Apple II world. Note
- that there exists an "unshar" utility for the //gs, but it requires a shell
- like Orca or Gno.
-
- > _IanSchmidt(oINet+irsman@iastate.edu,oBITNET+twbv4@isuvax,$C000,Data)
-
- --
- fadden@uts.amdahl.com (Andy McFadden)
- [ Above opinions are mine, Amdahl has nothing to do with them, etc, etc. ]
-