Subj : children ansi pack...
To   : Andrew Leary
From : Shurato
Date : Fri Mar 01 2024 04:06 pm


 AL> Hello Avon!

 AL> 29 Feb 24 15:18, you wrote to Shurato:

 AL> Av> OK, just know I hatch them as they are named, so importing some may
 AL> Av> require more manual intervention on your part should you wish to
 AL> Av> include them.

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

 AL> Av> I will be hatching more ANSI art packs in the coming days.

 AL> Great!

Yeah, it was pkunzip and pkzip that were restricted to 8.3, not irex or
allfix.  It needed to be unzipped to get the file_id.diz info and lost the
long filename, then allfix couldn't find it any more.

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