From: "Mark D. Rintoul" <rintoul AT sandia DOT gov>
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Subject: Re: Problems unzipping djgpp on NT
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 09:54:46 -0700
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Alexander Southgate wrote:
> 
> I'm having some trouble unzipping the respective zip files on NT.
> 
> I read that LFN is not supported for NT yet, so using WinZip would not
> work
> correctly since it offers no option to use short filenames.  The web
> page says to use unzip386.exe
> However, the unzip386.exe bin doesn't seem to work well on NT.
> I always get an "Abort" error.
> So I read me up about other zippers that work... InfoZip was one listed,
> but this also does not seem to have support for unzipping with short
> filenames.  Can anyone point me in the direction of an unzipper that
> will work on NT with Short filenames?
> 
> Thanks very much.
> 
> Alex

	Yeah, I had the same problem (NT on an IBM ThinkPad 600),
so I just used pkunzip, which is available everywhere.  Try

http://www.pkunzip.com/download.html

for example.  Don't know why unzip386 doesn't work though.

		Danny
		rintoul AT cs DOT sandia DOT gov