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to: BEN RITCHEY
from: Gert Koefoed Andersen
date: 2004-06-04 10:09:28
subject: New File(s)

Hello BEN.

03 Jun 04 23:21, you wrote to me:

 >>>>>>> BZFLAG10.TGZ   4,183,614  05-31-04    18:26:28
 >>>>>>> -- description missing --
 JK>>> I'll help him get things going so files come in as stored zip
 JK>>> files with a diz inside :)
 GA: >> The problem is that my htick not will work with the tgz files
 GA: >> to rad the file_id.diz inside it, I could do a repaching the
 GA: >> files there is as tgz to zip files so my ticker will could
 GA: >> handle to read the file_id file. The fact is this that I hatch
 GA: >> all files with a win32 pc there not have the programs for tgz
 GA: >> packig and unpacking files, and the only way I can handle tgz
 GA: >> files s by using Windows total commander.

 BR> I have DOS versions of GZip & GUnZip as well as Tar if you really want
 BR> to go there (adding a File_ID.Diz to the TGZ) and it should work just
 BR> fine under Wins if using a Batch file (command-line mode) BUT I would
 BR> highly recommend Janis's ZIP method (just create a Zip of the same
 BR> name containing only the original TGZ and a File_ID.Diz). I use both
 BR> methods here. :-)

It is too what I am doing now and just do a pkzip the  tgz to a .zip file
and then put in a file_id.diz file into it and then hatch the fle.

Gert

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