Subj : Fmail Compression and Decompression
To   : Wilfred van Velzen
From : Tommi Koivula
Date : Mon Aug 21 2023 08:13 pm


Monday August 21 2023 16:25, Wilfred van Velzen wrote to Michiel van der Vlist:

 WV>>> Which incase of FMail is left to the "General Unpack Shell". Which is
 WV>>> fed everything that is unknown to FMail itself...
 WV>
 MvdV>> GUS... I never used it myself, never had a need for it. It is still
 MvdV>> under development or is it abandonware like so many other FTN stuff?
 WV>
 WV> I can't remember using it. I don't think it's still under development. A quick
 WV> google only gives me this: https://archive.org/details/GUS_170_ZIP so 1993...

Got it here in my utils directory! :)

=== Begin OS/2 Clipboard ===
  #### #  # ####  General Unpack Shell |  Copyright (C) 1995 and written by
  # ## #  # ####        for DOS        |          Johan Zwiekhorst
  #### #### ####     version  1.95     |       - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED -
  =====================================¤======================================

   Syntax:  GUS «compressed_filespec» [filespec(s)] [target_path] [switch(es)]

     (Entries closed within [] are optional, those within « » are mandatory.)

 «compressed_filespec» : :=   specifies where to find the compressed file
                            (ARC/ARC+/ARJ/DWC/HA/HAP/HPK/HYP/LZH
                            /PAK/RAR/SQZ/UC2/ZIP/ZOO & SFXs supported)
     [filespec(s)]     : :=   specifies which files should be unpacked
     [target_path]     : :=   specifies where to store unpacked files
     [switch(es)]      : :=   specifies one or more of the following switches:
                            /D     : Delete archive after successful unpacking
                            /I     : Identify only, don't shell out
                            /M     : unpack Mailarchives (use path for c'file)
                            /N     : do Not use embedded paths while unpacking
                            /P     : Print file(s) on standard output device
                            /Q     : Quiet mode, suppresses shell output
                            /R     : Replace existing files
                            /S     : Scan unpacked files for viruses
                            /T     : Test archive integrity
                            /V     : View archive contents
                            /Bdir  : move Bad archives to specified dir
                            /Gpswd : supply password for Garbled file
=== End OS/2 Clipboard ===


'Tommi

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