[Sunhelp] Downloaded Patch was .zip

[Steve Pribyl]

Get pkunzip for solaris from http://www.pkware.com/.  Its free.
What were they thinking when the did this?
Compress and gzip won't work on a zip file and it does not come with the
standard install.

Steve Pribyl
spribyl at enteract.com
http://www.enteract.com/~spribyl

On Mon, 16 Oct 2000, Will Mc Donald wrote:

> 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
> 
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