[arachne] Re: WANTED A SIMPLE & RELIABLE UNRAR FILE

  • From: "Glenn McCorkle" <glennmcc@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: arachne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 20:04:43 -0500

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On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:36:43 -0400, Brian C. Murphy wrote:

> A few days ago, I finally managed, after several abortive tries, to
> download DBASE 5 from the Abandonware download site.

> Unfortunately, it was enclosed in a RAR file instead of the
> traditionaL DOS ZIP file, and none of the several DOS unrar software
> files I have, nor any that I subsequently downloaded, would do a nice,
> clean, thorough and complete extraction of DBASE 5 from the RAR file.

> I wonder if anyone knows where I might get DOS  software that will do a
> nice, neat, and thorough job of extracting the contents of a RAR file?

Done 'ya one better.

I was able to extact everything using Linux unrar

Then made a ZIP of everything you need.

http://cisnet.com/glennmcc/download/dbase_5.zip


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