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From: kjh@pollux.usc.edu (Kenneth J. Hendrickson)
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Subject: Re: file compression/archiving
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Date: 14 Sep 90 02:35:27 GMT
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A good reason _NOT_ to transfer archived files from .arc or .zoo into
the .ZIP format, is that they may contain files with filenames that
don't meet the standards of less enlightened operating systems than *nix.
(VMS [cough, cough], & MSDOS [ack, pffft, gag] :-( come to mind.)

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Ken Hendrickson N8DGN/6       kjh@usc.edu      ...!uunet!usc!pollux!kjh