Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!iuvax!uxc.cso.uiuc.edu!garcon!uxa.cso.uiuc.edu!gcw20877 From: gcw20877@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (G. Wang) Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Subject: Re: compress and backup Message-ID: <1832@garcon.cso.uiuc.edu> Date: 22 Aug 89 19:13:43 GMT References: Reply-To: gcw20877@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (G. Wang) Distribution: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Lines: 22 In article ghodsi@shire.cs.psu.edu (M. Ghodsi) writes: > >Hi Folks! > >Is there a utility that can compress all files in a directory, >including those in its subdirectories, and store the archive on several >disketts, like 'backup'? I know that 'lharc' compresses the >subdirectories too, but one must always worry about the size of the >archive to fit one diskett. > Phil Katz' PKZIP/PKUNZIP compression utility allows you to automatically store the subdirectory paths and files and can automatically create them upon un-compression.... It's great! George Wang University of Illinois Gcw20877@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu