From: j DOT aldrich6 AT genie DOT com
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Date: Sat, 27 Jul 96 01:23:00 UTC 0000
To: hlee AT goodnet DOT com
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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Subject: Re: MSDOS Unzip Program

Reply to message 1945276    from HLEE AT GOODNET. on 07/26/96  2:59PM


>I recently ftp'ed MSDOS files from
>ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/gnu/djgpp. Unfortunately, I could not unzip
>files. Where can I find the unzip program used to zip/unzip the files?
>
>Since I cannot unzip, I cannot even read faq's. I'm running Windows 95
>on 486. I tried Winzip and Pkzip without success.

You seem to have some sort of problem with your unzip programs then,
because DJGPP files are zipped in PKZIP format.  The only thing I can
think of is that you have an older version?  You may want to post the
version number that PKZIP reports when it runs, as well as a copy of
the output.  Oh, and this may sound stupid, but you *are* using pkUNzip
to unzip the files, right??

If all else fails, try downloading 'unzip.exe' from the same simtel site; I
think it's in the v2 directory, or try finding a more recent version of PKZIP
on a local site or BBS.  And while you're right that you can't read the
FAQ without unzipping it; there's no mention of any unzipping problems
in it because nobody's ever reported any!

BTW, when you do get it unzipped, make sure you recreate the directory
structure with the -d flag.  Even experienced users sometimes forget and
it causes no end of trouble when they do.  ;)

John

P.S.:  Just thought of something else - you may want to consider the
possibility of a virus on your computer, or a faulty net connection that's
causing errors with downloading.