Re: Extracting files from .DSK

[pausch@saaf.se (Paul Schlyter)]

In article <apple22-1BC3D8.08280309072003@zeus-ge0.rdc-kc.rr.com>,
Greg Buchner  <apple22@mn.rr.com> wrote:
 
> In article <begktj$2hfp$1@merope.saaf.se>,
>  pausch@saaf.se (Paul Schlyter) wrote:
> 
>> In article <apple22-EC1ED6.20124508072003@apollo-ge0.rdc-kc.rr.com>,
>> Greg Buchner  <apple22@mn.rr.com> wrote:
>>  
>>> In article <bef04c$1s28$1@merope.saaf.se>,
>>>  pausch@saaf.se (Paul Schlyter) wrote:
>>> 
>>>> If you give it a try, I'd like to know how it all went.
>>> 
>>> Went well.  I did have to compile (gcc) fidunix.c from your zip archive.
>>  
>> Yep, that's the normal procedure for free Unix applications: you get
>> the source, and then produce a binary for your specific Unix
>> platform.  That's feasible on Unix, since C (and nowadays usually
>> also C++) compilers are always present in the standard distributions.
> 
> Yep, but was just pointing out that you said to compile fid.c when I 
> needed to do fidunix.c on my end.
 
OK, a minor quibble -- but you're right of course.
 
> Otherwise, happy to help and to let you know that it does work on a 
> properly equipped Mac.
 
BTW I just tested it on CygWin (a Linux-like environment on top
of Windows), and it ran fine there too....
 
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