On Sat, 29 Jul 2000, John wrote:
>This is probably a silly question. When downloading linux/unix files (i.e.
>a .tar.gz or .rpm files) from the internet, is it safe to save them in a
>Win95 directory? Is there anything I should do to protect/preserve file
>attributes/permissions?
Yes, it is perfectly safe to do that, as long as your windowz setup is
stable ;)
When you are about to install things on the linux part of town, you could
chmod -x the files, but that is not even necessary.
Good luck!
Paul
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