Re: Extracting files from .DSK

[pausch@saaf.se (Paul Schlyter)]

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.
 
> It compiled with no errors, I put it in the /usr/bin/ folder, made it 
> executable, navigated to a DOS 3.3 .dsk image file and got this:
> 
> [Computer:Apple II Stuff/Catakig/Disks] username% fid 
> 
> Usage:   fid  [-d]  <afn1> [<anf2> ... <afnn>]
>        -d:  dump files in disk images
> [Computer:Apple II Stuff/Catakig/Disks] username% fid 'Apple Mechanic' 
> 
> Apple Mechanic:
> *A 015 APPLE MECHANIC
...................
> *B 018 ]WESTERN
> *A 004 CHART
> [Computer:Apple II Stuff/Catakig/Disks] username% 
> 
> So, it works under Mac OS X.  The compiled app is 34,420 bytes.  
> Compiled it with gcc from the Dec 2002 Developer Tools.
 
Thanks for testing it!  So now I know it also works on Mac-OS X.... :-)
 
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