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- From: mallen@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Mark Allen)
- Subject: Re: SEAs?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.191527.12060@news.acns.nwu.edu>
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- Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston Illinois.
- References: <92321.123328TS8RBOTW@MIAMIU.BITNET>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 19:15:27 GMT
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- In article <92321.123328TS8RBOTW@MIAMIU.BITNET> Radagast <TS8RBOTW@MIAMIU.BITNET> writes:
- >Why are Sefl-Extracting Archives (particularly GSHK) called self-
- >extracting when they don't? That's annoying having to change the
- >file type and aux type like we have to do with GSHK. Is GSHK the
- >only SEA like that, or do all have to be manipulated? GSHK is the
- >only SEA I've ever seen.
- >
- >Just curious...
- > ...Tim
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- I downloaded my copy of GSHK 1.1 from GEnie. All I had to do was double click
- on it and viola! A new copy of GSHK 1.1, no hassles, no mess. I believe the
- copy that U/L on the NET was corrupted or something. But the SEA I got worked
- fine.
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- --Mark
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- * mallen@casbah.acns.nwu.edu * to destroy a planet is insignificant *
- * GEnie: M.ALLEN15 * compared with power of the Force." *
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