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- From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Info-Zip's UnZip (Was: Re: Install OS/2 from driver B)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.165644.17677@midway.uchicago.edu>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 16:56:44 GMT
- References: <1992Nov13.132928.15487@sura.net> <1992Nov14.010317.3203@midway.uchicago.edu> <1992Nov15.010056.1241@nmt.edu>
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- Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
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- In article <1992Nov15.010056.1241@nmt.edu> mystical@nmt.edu (Gurupartap Davis) writes:
- >Speaking of Info-Zip, I was wondering if anyone knew how to unzip into
- >a directory other than the current one. I was used to using pkunzip where
- >you could be in your download directory (eg: c:\comm\dl) and automatically
- >unzip something into your temporary unzip directory (c:\comm\dl\zip) so that
- >you can decide whether or not you really want it and easily delete it later.
- >Another thing I don't like about it is the no wildcards. I sometimes get
- >files like abcde01.zip, abcde02.zip abcde03.zip, etc. I like to be able
- >to get at them all at once...
- >Do these features actually exist, and I'm just too stupid to know how to use
- >them, or if not, would anyone know how to patch it into the source?
-
- I can answer the second question.
-
- For almost any program that doesn't understand wildcards you can use
- the FOR command (from either a batch file or the command line). See
- your online Command Reference for details on FOR.
-
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