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Is there a unzip software out there that unpacked,that will unpack
automatic.
Like when we take .tar file and drop into a dir. and unpack automatic.
Is there something like for linux.I know I have for WINDOWS 98,I hope MANDRAKE got one too.
What you need is unzipsfx - this is in the UnZip package for RH/MDK. This program should already have been installed on your Mandrake system - if not, grab the rpm from your closest mandrake mirror.
Simple unzipsfx usage instructions:
$ cat `which unzipsfx` letters.zip > letters
$ chmod 755 letters
$ zip -A letters
I use Lycoris Desktop/LX and in Konqueror, if you right click the file there is a selection to "extract here". it works with tar.gz, zip, and some others. Really nice conveinince feature...
I don't know if Karchive is the same thing as ark, if not, ark is a good gui tool. Also recently I have been checking out the ROX thing over at http://rox.sourceforge.net and they have another gui option that appears to be able to handle just about any form of compression I have ever come across.
tar, 7zip, and various other CLI tools. Don't know of any that automatically does it via GUI. But I mostly don't use gui's. At least not for much more than a web browser and a terminal with a custom font.
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