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Unzipping Old Files

I am having problems getting the XSLT example files from the BIT320 website to my SSH.  I know I am late, but I have finished chapter 4 and am trying to get the files for chapters 5, 6, and 7 to finish catching up before tomorrow's class.  I have done wget for each link but I am having trouble unzipping the files.  Here is the code that I am getting:

[sawi@elab-linux4 sawi]$ ls
House.zip  SQL  webapps  XSLTCH4  XSLTfdCh05.zip  XSLTfdCh06.zip  XSLTfdCh07.zip
[sawi@elab-linux4 sawi]$ unzip XSLTfdCH05.zip
unzip:  cannot find XSLTfdCH05.zip, XSLTfdCH05.zip.zip or XSLTfdCH05.zip.ZIP.

First of all, I don't understand why the chapter 4 file is just XSLTCH4 with the XSLTfdCH04.zip in the XSLTCH4 directory, but for chapters 5, 6, and 7 the zip files are showing up directly in the sawi directory.  Also, I don't know why I cannot unzip any of them.  What am I doing wrong??

Typepad vs. Blogger

I, along with with the other BBA1s in this class, have gotten the opportunity to create a separate weblog in BIT301.  However, instead of using typepad.com, we are using blogger.com.   Although the programs are very similar, even after just making one post to my new blog, I have to admit that I prefer blogger to typepad.  It seems more user-friendly and it is very easy to navigate through the website and do everything that you want to do.  One thing I especially like is that you can save posts as drafts and then edit them later before you post them.  On typepad, I have not been able to finish my posts during one sitting on occasion and have had to copy my post in an email to myself to later paste back in typepad to publish later.  Unless I am missing something, I don't think you can save as a draft on typepad.  Bud has told me that they have made a lot of updates on blogger.com since we started using typepad.com, and if blogger were what it is now when this class began, he might have chosen it for our class as well.  Anyway, if you want to check out my second blog, here is the link. 

alexadler blog: Dummies Book Chapter 1

Link: alexadler blog: Dummies Book Chapter 1.
I was about to write a post recommending Chapter 1 in the Dummies book when I saw that I had been beaten to it in a previous blog.  However, I still wanted to agree with Alexandler Blog's post.  I actually started reading it by accident when I opened to Chapter 1 instead of Chapter 3, but have since found it very useful.  Even a lot of the information in the websites that so many people are posting could have just been found in this chapter.  So, to those people out there who have fallen behind and are planning to catch up over break like me, I think that Chapter 1 is a good place to start.    

Went Home to Vote

Unfortunately I had to miss Tuesday's class in order to catch a ride home to Farmington Hills to vote. I am sorry that I missed the class, especially after Bud's email saying how important this week's class will be. I am trying to work through the lecture notes now, and I am stuck at the point where I need to place the file House1XSQL in my XSQL1 directory. I saved the file to my desktop but do not know how to move it to jEdit. Can someone help? And if there are any other tips for the tutorial or other information that I missed I would love to hear it from anyone who wants to blog about last class...