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Article #10927Re: ZIP on Unix: Text files
From: Kiddie
Date: Sat, 08 Jun 1991 02:28
Date: Sat, 08 Jun 1991 02:28
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yee@edison.seas.ucla.edu (John Yee) writes:
>Even if we do get ZIP for Unix, don't we still have the same problem
>of Unix using <LF> for end-of-line, while DOS uses <LF>-<CR>, so that
>if we download ZIPped text files to our PC's, we still have to run
>them through things like WordPerfect's text save to get the <CR>'s?
>Of course, a short program would work, I suppose, but maybe the inclusion
>of some kind of DOS option in the upcoming ZIP would solve this thing
>most gracefully?
If you want some programs to do this for you, ive written and optimised
one for unix and one for dos, it now processes ( on the dos machine )
about 2 megs a minute.
See ya
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!uunet!munnari.oz.au!metro!cs.uow.edu.au!u8902741 From: u8902741@cs.uow.edu.au (Kiddie) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: ZIP on Unix: Text files Message-ID: <1991Jun8.022854.27523@cs.uow.edu.au> Date: 8 Jun 91 02:28:54 GMT References: <1991Jun2.163539.13342@midway.uchicago.edu> <136430001@hpfcmdd.hp.com> <6830@vela.acs.oakland.edu> <3029@lee.SEAS.UCLA.EDU> <z+whm5b@rpi.edu> Organization: Dept of Computer Science, Wollongong University, Australia Lines: 19