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Re: Macintosh Ldraw part files.
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lugnet.cad
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Wed, 23 Aug 2000 19:18:07 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Steve Bliss writes:
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> Can Mac's typically extract from other archive formats, such as ZIP? How
> about ZIPs packaged as (PC)self-extracting files?
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> There's been some discussion about switching the LDraw/LCAD distribution
> files from ARJ to ZIP. We haven't yet, because ZIP files (especially
> PKZIP) have an annoying tendency to not use the folder-information in the
> archive unless the user explicitly tells the program to do so.
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> Steve
Steve,
Yes, Macs (Stuffit actually) can extract zip files, but I don't think they can
deal with self extracting zips as they are packaged as an executable for
Windows machines. As for ARJ vs. ZIP, I don't really have much of an opinion
on that as I don't know alot about it.
Thanks,
Ben
Ben Vaughan
buster@marsbase.com
http://www.marsbase.com
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 | | Re: Macintosh Ldraw part files.
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| Stuffit Expander does the right thing with the self-extracting zips too. (at least I have seen it work more than once!) I don't have the full Stuffit package. It's an amazing little program. (it's also down with .gz and tar and who knows what else.) (...) (24 years ago, 24-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Macintosh Ldraw part files.
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| (...) Can Mac's typically extract from other archive formats, such as ZIP? How about ZIPs packaged as (PC)self-extracting files? There's been some discussion about switching the LDraw/LCAD distribution files from ARJ to ZIP. We haven't yet, because (...) (24 years ago, 23-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad)
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