[Sunhelp] Downloaded Patch was .zip

[Will Mc Donald]

You probably want the uncompress command.

----- Original Message -----
From: Glover, Duke <duke.glover at verizon.com>
To: <sunhelp at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Monday, October 16, 2000 4:12 PM
Subject: [Sunhelp] Downloaded Patch was .zip


> Here's a question:
>
> Why would a Solaris_7_Recommended patch have a .zip extension ?  I
> downloaded this patch from SUN's site.  I would think it would be
something
> like .tar.gz.  How can I unzip a .zip on Solaris.  My solution was to FTP
it
> to a PC, use WinZip to unzip it, and then FTP the files back to the SUN
box.
> This cannot be the way it is supposed to work.  Can anyone tell me what
> program I need to use to unzip a .zip file on Solaris 7.  I have looked at
> the gzip man pages, but see no reference to a .zip file.
>
> HELP,
>
> Duke Glover