LOL! I do coca tea myself, LOL. Actually, I have never had a problem with this. I download a book and by the time I get my sd card into the Mac, binto, it's unzipped.
Reach within you, find the beauty of you, then share your light with the world! Marlaina Lieberg 1guide...@gmail.com On Jan 9, 2012, at 5:57 PM, Frank Tom wrote: You may have to learn to be a bit more patient. When I download a BARD book, it first appears in the download file as a .Zip file. I then go and make myself a cup of tea. When I come back, the .zip file is gone and a collapsed file is in it's place. Herb tea seems to work the best. Just joking. Tom On Jan 9, 2012, at 2:06 PM, .dan. wrote: > > Using terminal from within the browser lynx I downloaded a bard book. This is > the name of the file: > > DB-Fleming, > > Note it ends in a comma. That is the author's name preceeded by "db". > > It is my understanding that before one moves the contents to a flash drive > for use in the nls machine it must be uncompressed. > > On a web page describing doing this in the mac gui it talks about "unzipping" > the book first. I assume this is a generic reference because the file does > not indicate it is a "zip" file. Renaming it with a zip extension doesn't > help when I use unzip on it. The program says it is not a zip file. > > I would like to perform all this in terminal if at all possible. What > compression scheme is used and how can it be uncompressed? > > Can the uncompression the mac gui uses be run from the command line? Can the > open command be used with it somehow? What is the name of the program? > > Thanks for any info or help, > > Dan > XB > IC|XC > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
