On Tue, Aug 22, 2000 at 04:08:26PM -0700, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote:
> (List added to distribution -- I assume it was dropped inadvertantly)
> 
> In general I try to avoid these problems by:
> 
>   o Not using MS Windows.

by far the best option ;-)

>   o Using networked file transfer (shared drive, scp, ftp, email).
>   o Using shared-drive transfer between multiple boot OSs (however, see 
>     first comment).
> 
> I suggested you install a set of common GNU utilities in all your
> environments and use them.  This will give you a set of uniform tools
> which should treat your data and multi-disk sets consistantly.
> Otherwise, I really can't help you.

are gnu tar, gzip and friends available for windows wastelands^Wenvironments? 

BTW your Mail-Follow-Up header is broken, mutt ends up trying to send
mail to user `karston' which does not exist on my system obviously. 

-- 
Ethan Benson
http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/

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