Windows like uncompress for linux .

Windows like uncompress for linux .

[Mr. James W. Laferriere]

	Hello All ,  I have a set of install floppies for a samsung switch
	(sh2224s) that I can read but can not get at the various txt files
	because samsung in its infinite wisdom has windows compressed them .
	I urgently need to get to those txt/hlp files to find which of the
	files on the floppies are the os/bios code .  My switch keeps
	shutting down & restarting (semi-randomly) so I was going to try
	re-installing the os/bios .  When I goto search good ole Samsung
	they don't even recognize the sh2224s as a valid product .
		Any help appreciated ,  Tia ,  JimL

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Re: Windows like uncompress for linux .

[hansel]

Try unzip (man zip/unzip)--if you didn't already. Works on windows files
and archives I've received from state agencies where they think Windows is
a standard.

On Sat, 16 Nov 2002, Mr. James W. Laferriere wrote:

> 
> 	Hello All ,  I have a set of install floppies for a samsung switch
> 	(sh2224s) that I can read but can not get at the various txt files
> 	because samsung in its infinite wisdom has windows compressed them .
> 	I urgently need to get to those txt/hlp files to find which of the
> 	files on the floppies are the os/bios code .  My switch keeps
> 	shutting down & restarting (semi-randomly) so I was going to try
> 	re-installing the os/bios .  When I goto search good ole Samsung
> 	they don't even recognize the sh2224s as a valid product .
> 		Any help appreciated ,  Tia ,  JimL
> 
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Re: Windows like uncompress for linux .

[Mr. James W. Laferriere]

	Hello freddie ,  Thank you for the response .  But no it is not
	zip'd/gzip'd/b2zip'd .  It is windows/dos compressed .
	'file *.tx_' says ': data' .  The file itself is not readable
	except by binary readers/editors .  I have tried all of the above
	compression tools .

	Fyi ,  under dos (which I do not have here) try typing
	'compress' .  There is (of course) a uncompress .  Note in the
	above the file extension .  When uncompressed the extension will
	be .txt .  Tnx ,  JimL

On Sun, 17 Nov 2002, freddie wrote:
> what do you mean "windows compressed"? zip files? use unzip.
> if its some bizarre extension you never heard of, try the command "file" on
> the file, it might explain whats inside.
>
> >         Hello All ,  I have a set of install floppies for a samsung switch
> >         (sh2224s) that I can read but can not get at the various txt files
> >         because samsung in its infinite wisdom has windows compressed them .
> >         I urgently need to get to those txt/hlp files to find which of the
> >         files on the floppies are the os/bios code .  My switch keeps
> >         shutting down & restarting (semi-randomly) so I was going to try
> >         re-installing the os/bios .  When I goto search good ole Samsung
> >         they don't even recognize the sh2224s as a valid product .
> >                 Any help appreciated ,  Tia ,  JimL
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Re: Windows like uncompress for linux .

[Milan P. Stanic]

On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 06:13:50PM -0500, Mr. James W. Laferriere wrote:
> 
> 	Hello freddie ,  Thank you for the response .  But no it is not
> 	zip'd/gzip'd/b2zip'd .  It is windows/dos compressed .
> 	'file *.tx_' says ': data' .  The file itself is not readable
> 	except by binary readers/editors .  I have tried all of the above
> 	compression tools .
> 
> 	Fyi ,  under dos (which I do not have here) try typing
> 	'compress' .  There is (of course) a uncompress .  Note in the
> 	above the file extension .  When uncompressed the extension will
> 	be .txt .  Tnx ,  JimL
 
Did you tried cabextract? It unpacks so called cabinet files (.cab
extension), and maybe it can help.

Milan

Re: Windows like uncompress for linux .

[Tyler]

On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 06:13:50PM -0500, Mr. James W. Laferriere wrote:
> 
> 	Hello freddie ,  Thank you for the response .  But no it is not
> 	zip'd/gzip'd/b2zip'd .  It is windows/dos compressed .
> 	'file *.tx_' says ': data' .  The file itself is not readable
> 	except by binary readers/editors .  I have tried all of the above
> 	compression tools .
> 
> 	Fyi ,  under dos (which I do not have here) try typing
> 	'compress' .  There is (of course) a uncompress .  Note in the
> 	above the file extension .  When uncompressed the extension will
> 	be .txt .  Tnx ,  JimL
> 

This? http://freshmeat.net/projects/mscompress

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