Subj : Re: children ansi pack...
To   : Andrew Leary
From : Avon
Date : Sat Mar 02 2024 08:03 pm

On 01 Mar 2024 at 12:45a, Andrew Leary pondered and said...

AL> My recommendation is that you store the entire archive inside a .ZIP
AL> file with  an 8.3 DOS compatible filename.  This will allow the file to
AL> be distributed  without manual intervention, and the destination nodes
AL> can unzip it to recover  the original archive.

while I appreciate the reasons for this request I'm time poor to do so, and am just working to hatch the releases using the filenames that have been assigned the compressed archives by the authors.

It gives me an idea for a mod request.

Kerr Avon [Blake's 7] 'I'm not expendable, I'm not stupid and I'm not going'
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