From: Crispen, Bob (Robert.Crispen@HSV.Boeing.com)
Date: Mon Oct 18 1999 - 07:11:16 CDT
Xual[SMTP:xual@danathara.dhs.org] sez:
> > > > * If you don't have WinZip, you'll need to copy the tarball
> > > > to a Unix machine on which you have a shell account,
> extract
> > > > the files, and copy them all back to your Windows machine.
> > >
> > > Only one comment, as I gave up on cygwin around b19 and moved to
> linux...
> > > tar and gzip are both included in the shell install, so:
> > >
> > > tar zxvf hypermail-2b25.tar.gz
> > >
> > > will work fine within the bash shell.
> > >
> > Yes it will, and that's terrific for the second time
> > you install cygwin. It's not so hot for installing
> > cygwin the first time.
>
> Actually, the section I commented on was "Extracting Hypermail", which
> followed the installation and testing of cygwin and gcc. The next step
> was
> ./configure, which also requires a bash shell. I think it's safe to
> assume
> that if the compiler and autoconf are functioning, tar and gzip will too.
> The only reason I mention this is that I don't know any windows users who
> have access to a *nix account and wouldn't just skip the hassle and run
> hypermail there instead.
>
Doh! Thanks very much.
Bob Crispen
bob.crispen@boeing.com