-=> Quoting Jack Stein to Bat Lang, [11 Sep 99  09:35:49] <=-

 BL> I examined their innards with a viewer, these are their
 BL> parentage: Unzipsfx, PKSfx or PE32E.SFX (one).

 JS> I reckon OS2C does not support these brands.  BTW, it does support RAR
 JS> self-extractors also, even though not mentioned in the docs, unless my
 JS> RAR files are made with some other self-exe program.

I did try it on the distributed RAR*.EXE of the archiver itself, and
noted also that it worked, tho this was my =only= RAR selfex.

 BL> These files represent the current upgrade path for Warp, and
 BL> they are only available as selfex's. The two primary (if I
 BL> may) ZIP archivers for OS/2 have been (are) Infozips and the
 BL> PKZ25? for OS/2. This is also reflected in the parentage of
 BL> those files above, coming from IBM. Any util that calls
 BL> itself an OS/2 file manager, with a claimed selfex feature,
 BL> but fails on the above group of files crafted specifically
 BL> for OS/2, is misleading its public at best. IMHO. YMMV. {^;
 BL> To qualify that statement, I am a registered user of OS2C.

 JS> You have a point there, but to me the problem is not with that anyway,
 JS> the problem is the stuped people using self-exe's to begin with, they
 JS> should be tarred and feathered.

I am inclined to agree with you. It certainly makes for a potentially
sticky wicket on the receiving end. }^: Why can't we all put it to
those IBM sites, and implore them to use .ZIP as their standard files
distribution format, just as Hobbes and most of the free world. {^;

Anyone have any idea of who is the best contact point in IBM for
broaching this topic???  Good Modeming!  /\oo/\


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