[Info-vax] VSI Community License Program Update

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 8/14/20 11:53 AM, John H. Reinhardt wrote:
> On 8/14/2020 10:24 AM, Steven Schweda wrote:
>>> ZIPEXE may be self extracting, but aren't they still ZIP
>>> compatible meaning that UNZIP can still process them?
>>
>>     They are, and Info-ZIP UNZIP (and other unzip programs) can.
>>
>>     Of course, the maker failed to use "zip -a"
>> (/ADJUST_OFFSETS) after appending the archive to the
>> unzipsfx executable, so you tend to get complaints like the
>> followinf (on a Mac):
>>
>> proa$ unzip -l  I640842L1U1.ZIPEXE
>> Archive:  I640842L1U1.ZIPEXE
>> warning [I640842L1U1.ZIPEXE]:  220160 extra bytes at beginning or 
>> within zipfile
>>    (attempting to process anyway)
>>    Length      Date    Time    Name
>> ---------  ---------- -----   ----
>> 3009609728  08-01-2019 13:56   I640842L1U1.ISO
>>        540  08-01-2019 14:01   I640842L1U1.ISO_VNC
>> ---------                     -------
>> 3009610268                     2 files
>>
> 
> That's good to know.  I tried unzipping them on my Mac using "The 
> Unarchiver" but it complained that it was a non-standard format and 
> quit.  I wrongly assumed that they were not unzippable on other 
> platforms than VMS.  I didn't try Stuffit nor plain old zip on the 
> command line.
> 

I just successfully extracted them on Ubuntu using plain old unzip.
The two DOC files apparently contain the same thing.

bill