[Info-vax] unzip.exe and cc064.zip

David Froble davef at tsoft-inc.com
Tue Oct 4 23:06:56 EDT 2016


Steven Schweda wrote:
>> Yes, and now I wonder, perhaps that just might be something
>> that should be in that one page of help.  Like, at the TOP?
> 
>    Do you mean like the following recent innovations?
> 
> ALP $ unzip
> UnZip 5.52 of 28 February 2005, by Info-ZIP.  For more
> details see: unzip -v.
> 
> Usage: unzip [-Z] [-opts[modifiers]] file[.zip] [list] [-x xlist] [-d exdir]
>   Default action is to extract files in list, except those in xlist, to exdir;
>   file[.zip] may be a wildcard.  "-Z" => ZipInfo mode (`unzip "-Z"' for usage).
> => define foreign command symbol in LOGIN.COM:  $ unzip :== $dev:[dir]unzip.exe
> [...]
> 
> ALP $ zip
> Copyright (c) 1990-2006 Info-ZIP - Type 'zip "-L"' for software license.
> Zip 2.32 (June 19th 2006). Usage: (zip :== $ dev:[dir]zip_cli.exe)
> [...]
> 
>    Or are those too well hidden?  I'll skip the usual lecture
> on how widely available the Info-ZIP documentation is, and
> how helpful it would have been to see which version of the
> program was being used.
> 
>> Sometimes those who "know" have a hard time getting down to
>> the lever of those who don't.
> 
>    I know what you mean.  Sometimes it's almost as hard as
> getting people to read the documentation which is readily
> available.

Now Steven, I did check before posting (this time), but it wasn't in my UNZIP 
5.50.  I see that perhaps the next version or so did have that help.

Don't yell at me for running the old version, it does everything I need.



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