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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!uunet!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!news.ans.net!cmcl2!prism.poly.edu!ssnyder From: ssnyder@prism.poly.edu (Sharon Snyder) Subject: Re: Help! Lost "extract" Message-ID: <1993Mar22.143444.27590@prism.poly.edu> Organization: Polytechnic University, New York References: <1993Mar14.022824.7584@zip.eecs.umich.edu> <21250028@hpuamsa.neth.hp.com> Date: Mon, 22 Mar 93 14:34:44 GMT Lines: 22 In article <21250028@hpuamsa.neth.hp.com> reink@hpuamsa.neth.hp.com (Reinier Kleipool) writes: >Why ftp'ing to a server while you can read it from your distribution >floppy! The file is deleted, because after a reboot all files in /tmp >are deleted. > This requires re-installation - right? Maybe he/she has made a number of changes like adding users, put in some patches, etc. Is there any other way of getting the extract program? I couldn't find it on agate.berkeley.edu but that doesn't mean I looked in all the right places. BTW if someone asks a question like that, it usually means that they aren't too familiar with the system and would like some help, not a quick/flip answer (at least that is how I read it). As a newbie myself, I try to read a lot of the posts to learn quickly, but when people are not patient and/or don't explain things I get upset. Sharon Snyder ssnyder@prism.poly.edu PS No flames for the comment on the net please....it was just how I read the response, not a personal attack. (if you must respond - use e-mail save the bandwidth)