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Mark Fisher wrote:
>
> have you tried running zipslack and opening a ZIP...  
> you can't. or couldn't maybe you can now.. don't know?

The Linux zipper/unzipper is in the infozip.tgz package.
You will find it in:  /slakware/a8
I'm surprised that ZipSlack doesn't include that package.

Infozip.tgz is one of the first packages I add after 
installing BL2 to HD.  That provides unzipping and zipping 
capability for pkzip-type files.

Once you have installed infozip.tgz (and less.tgz), you
can configure d (links in local mode) to view the contents 
of zip files.  Just add the following to ~/.links/links.cfg
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association "unzip" "application/zip" "unzip -l % | less" 17 1
extension "zip" "application/zip"
--------------------------------------------------------------
Now when you press right-arrow over a file ending in .zip
links will list the files in the archive.

> could someone please make BL available in a GZ or just 
> tared self extracting maybe, nix and dos.

bl2-10.zip is targeted at first-time users, so a zip archive
is most appropriate.  The problem with a self-extracting 
archive is getting it to work on everything from MSDOS 3.3 
to Windows 2004 (also the self-extraction routine increases 
the size of the package).

> When your backs aginst the wall and all you have left is M$ 
> you just wana cry.

That's why I always have the two-floppy version of BasicLinux
in my briefcase.

Cheers,
Steven