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Old 12-29-2003, 11:05 AM   #1
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*.zip files


how do you open those generic "*.zip" files in linux?
 
Old 12-29-2003, 11:11 AM   #2
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If they have a .zip extension, they are most likely PKZip/WinZip files. There's a Linux utility called unzip which can open them. It may already be installed with your Linux distro.
 
Old 12-30-2003, 10:40 AM   #3
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file-roller can open zip files too.
 
  


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