1. Re: EUPHORIA Digest - 14 Jun 1998 to 15 Jun 1998 (#1998-29)
Andy Kurnia writes:
>Actually, why not
> pkzip -prex euphor20 \euphoria\*.*
>and tell the user to do
> pkunzip -d euphor20 \euphoria\
When I released Euphoria 1.0 in 1993,
users had to type: pkunzip -d euphor10.zip
so the subdirectory structure would be set up.
I quickly discovered that this was disasterous,
as users often receive the .ZIP file with
no instructions, or they forget the instructions,
so they naturally type: pkunzip
without the -d and make a mess. Also,
I discovered that some virus scanners used
automatically by BBS's and shareware distributers,
choke on ZIP files that need -d to unzip. Some
places ban .ZIPs that need -d. That's why install.ex
moves the files into subdirectories by itself.
Regards,
Rob Craig
Rapid Deployment Software
