Hi Jack, hope you are having a nice day! :-)

06-Sep-99 08:42:18, Jack Stein wrote to Gord Hannah
          Subject: File Managers

 JS>> file managers don't handle them at all, in fact most don't
 JS>> handle regular archives let alone self-extracting ones

 GH>> FC/2 easy highlight the self extracting file then use the
 GH>> key combination of ctrl pgdn voila the files are listed and
 GH>> ready for extracting.  I use it quite often here.

 JS> own in it's config file.  I personally detest self-extracting
 JS> archives, and they should be banned totally for most everything
 JS> other than distributing the compression program itself, IMO

I use them if I am going to go to some one elses machine and am not
sure if they have any archiving software to decompress the program.

 GH>> Not as elegant as my old DOS Stand by SHEZ but it does the
 GH>> job.  I got spoiled with SHEZ so therefore all file
 GH>> commanders are hard pressed to match it, I used SHEZ to the
 GH>> "n"th degree on my old system,
 JS>
 JS> purpose was something else.  FC/2 and OS2C are file managers and
 JS> they natuarally include managing files in archives as well.

On that point we can agree.  Let's call SHEZ a management tool.


 GH>> TODAY I use FC/2 and a file manager for ADEPT to do my

 JS> I use OS2 Commander for everything, it is always running on my
 JS> system, and comes up at boot up, along with CRON, my BBS and an
 JS> OS/2 Window.  It does about everything I can think of, and, when

I too have FC/2 on my desktop at all times, on boot up I have cron
fired up, minicalc, and JDP's anaclock.


 JS> Good to see you still around Gord.

Thanks Jack, was touch and go about a month ago another damned hd
crash, Fujitsu drives do not like me.  Bought a Seagate and am trying
it out, I prefer Quantum but not any available in my area when I
needed it.

Hope this helps.  Keep us posted.

We are a fine board trying to make it better.

http://www.pris.bc.ca/ghannah
ghannah@pris.bc.ca 
Cheers!
Gord Hannah 
-=Team OS/2=-

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