#Unzipping
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I want to UNZIP some files from the DTP Forum, what is the best
de-cruncher to use?
I tried to use PKUNZIP, but it seems that the file I downloaded needs a
later version.
Thanks
Nancy
The older program PKUnzip has not been supported for quite some time, and
was limited to its GUI interface.
Two newer programs, ZIP & UnZip, are CLI based, and support the newer
(v2.04g) compression formats.
Look for the following programs in LIB 16 (Archivers & Crunchers)
GZIP.LHA (GNU-Zip. note: will not run properly on Amigas wirh 1.2/1.3)
UNZIP.LHA (Info-Unzip version 5.1d3, of Unzip)
ZIP.LHA (Info-Zip version 2.0.1, of Zip)
Try the Info-Zip & Info-Unzip versions.
Ron. – ("I'm not stupid, I'm not expendable, and I'm not going!"
– quote made by any low level RPG player.)
Thanks Ronald – I have downloaded UNZIP.LHA and have unpacked it, but I
can't quite understand what string I use to actually UNZIP a file. I just
want to have a look at a little file which is a DTP example. Can you give
me some guidance?
Nancy
Couldn't help eavesdropping.
I use UnZip regularly. Just enter Unzip <filename> to unpack the archive.
Entering Unzip with no options or filename will produce a list of options.
Fred 71042,341
To use the UNZIP'per…
Open a CLI, and expand the window to fill the screen. Then type "UNZIP'
and hit return. This will give you several lines of commands & info.
To simply unpack a zipped file, enter something like:
'UNZIP dtpfile.zip"
This will unpack to the same directory the zipped file is in.
To unpack the files to other directory:
'UNZIP dtpfile.zip -d ram:'
This will uppack the files into the selected destination (-d) directory,
which is the RAM-disk in this case.
Ron. – ("I'm not stupid, I'm not expendable, and I'm not going!"
– quote made by any low level RPG player.)
Unpacked the file but found the ext .ppp so it's useless. I guess most of
the files around CIS are of little use to an Amiga owner. Just liked the
idea of looking at DTP templates and samples from other people. There
doesn't seem to be much of that sort of (if any) in the Amiga Forums.
Sometimes I get a little jealous when I see the marvellous variety of
files available on here for Mac/PC owners. Is there anyway I can get my
hands on any of these? Can Crossdos be of any use?
Nancy
NP >>Sometimes I get a little jealous when I see the marvellous variety of
files available on here for Mac/PC owners. Is there anyway I can get my
hands on any of these? Can Crossdos be of any use?<<
CrossDOS allows the Amiga to read IBM formatted disks. It doesn't do too
much more than that.
There are software emulators that allow you to run IBM software on the
Amiga, but most of them emulate 8088 or 8086 based IBM's, while the really
powerful IBM software demands a 80386 or better.
There are some graphic converters in the libraries, that allow you to view
IBM graphic files. And some of the Amiga wordprocessors can read special
formats used by certain IBM wordprocessors.
Ron. – ("I'm not stupid, I'm not expendable, and I'm not going!"
– quote made by any low level RPG player.)