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RE: Unzipping the ThinkPad Assistant
- To: letoured@sover.net
- Subject: RE: Unzipping the ThinkPad Assistant
- From: Patrick West <pccare@teleport.com>
- Date: Fri, 24 Apr 1998 06:48:56 -0700 (PDT)
- Cc: THINKPAD@cs.utk.edu
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- In-Reply-To: <199804241302.JAA21704@pike.sover.net>
The switch deals with the file format. If you build an .exe file
using the OS/2 version you get an OS/2 program.
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Background:
Someone said:
> >> Why don't you just finesse the problem? Create a self-extracting
> >> form of the ZIP file. Every form of ZIP archive
> >> builder I've heard of has that capability.
Patrick West responded:
> >If Paul did that with PKzip 2.5 OS/2 it would only work on OS/2 machines.
to which ,on Fri, 24 Apr 1998, letoured@sover.net replied:
> There is a switch in PKzip to keep the file compatible with toher
> versions. The OS has nothing to do with it.
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Patrick West <pccare@teleport.com>, using OS/2 Warp
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