Subj : Fmail Compression and Decompression
To   : Wilfred van Velzen
From : Tommi Koivula
Date : Mon Aug 21 2023 08:13 pm


Monday August 21 2023 16:25, Wilfred van Velzen wrote to Michiel van der Vlist:

WV>>> Which incase of FMail is left to the "General Unpack Shell". Which is
WV>>> fed everything that is unknown to FMail itself...
WV>
MvdV>> GUS... I never used it myself, never had a need for it. It is still
MvdV>> under development or is it abandonware like so many other FTN stuff?
WV>
WV> I can't remember using it. I don't think it's still under development. A quick
WV> google only gives me this: https://archive.org/details/GUS_170_ZIP so 1993...

Got it here in my utils directory! :)

=== Begin OS/2 Clipboard ===
 #### #  # ####  General Unpack Shell |  Copyright (C) 1995 and written by
 # ## #  # ####        for DOS        |          Johan Zwiekhorst
 #### #### ####     version  1.95     |       - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED -
 =====================================�======================================

  Syntax:  GUS �compressed_filespec� [filespec(s)] [target_path] [switch(es)]

    (Entries closed within [] are optional, those within � � are mandatory.)

�compressed_filespec� : :=   specifies where to find the compressed file
                           (ARC/ARC+/ARJ/DWC/HA/HAP/HPK/HYP/LZH
                           /PAK/RAR/SQZ/UC2/ZIP/ZOO & SFXs supported)
    [filespec(s)]     : :=   specifies which files should be unpacked
    [target_path]     : :=   specifies where to store unpacked files
    [switch(es)]      : :=   specifies one or more of the following switches:
                           /D     : Delete archive after successful unpacking
                           /I     : Identify only, don't shell out
                           /M     : unpack Mailarchives (use path for c'file)
                           /N     : do Not use embedded paths while unpacking
                           /P     : Print file(s) on standard output device
                           /Q     : Quiet mode, suppresses shell output
                           /R     : Replace existing files
                           /S     : Scan unpacked files for viruses
                           /T     : Test archive integrity
                           /V     : View archive contents
                           /Bdir  : move Bad archives to specified dir
                           /Gpswd : supply password for Garbled file
=== End OS/2 Clipboard ===


'Tommi

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