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yan

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Apr 9, 2002, 10:11:35 PM4/9/02
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Just wonder. How can you open .zip, .jar and .rar files in Linux. I was
trying to do a research on it but with no luck.
Appericiate any helps.

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Tim Soderstom

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Apr 9, 2002, 10:53:17 PM4/9/02
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There is a program (or program-package) that you can use. The unzipper
is called, quite simply, 'unzip'. I am not quite sure about jar or rar
though, but I'm sure there are linux utilities for those too (well with
jar you can use the Java SDK)

Hope that helps,

Tim

Ernie

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Apr 9, 2002, 10:56:21 PM4/9/02
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unzip (zip file)

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Dave Watson

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Apr 9, 2002, 5:29:14 PM4/9/02
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yan wrote:
> Just wonder. How can you open .zip,

unzip

.jar

also unzip

and .rar

unrar

files in Linux. I was
> trying to do a research on it but with no luck.
> Appericiate any helps.
>

Try looking on freshmeat.net for unrar and unzip if you don't have them

-Dave

Alan Hadsell

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Apr 10, 2002, 11:58:34 AM4/10/02
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"yan" <pumal...@hotmail.com> writes:

> Just wonder. How can you open .zip, .jar and .rar files in Linux. I was
> trying to do a research on it but with no luck.

STFW.

http://www.google.com/search?q=linux+unzip

Returns 93,700 hits.

http://www.google.com/linux?&restrict=linux&q=unzip

is even better.

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Alan Hadsell
"Whatever does not kill me makes me stranger".

John Thompson

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Apr 10, 2002, 11:30:39 AM4/10/02
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In article <3CB3A91...@mail.utexas.edu>, Tim Soderstom wrote:

> There is a program (or program-package) that you can use. The unzipper
> is called, quite simply, 'unzip'. I am not quite sure about jar or rar
> though, but I'm sure there are linux utilities for those too (well with
> jar you can use the Java SDK)

.jar files are simply .zip archives with a different extension, eg:

[john@starfleet john]$ file /usr/lib/netscape/java/lib/javaplugin.jar
file: Using regular magic file `/usr/doc/mcrypt/magic'
/usr/lib/netscape/java/lib/javaplugin.jar: Zip archive data, at least v2.0
to extract

You can use InfoZips' "unzip" program to unpack them.

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-John (John.T...@attglobal.net)

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