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From: madler@piglet.caltech.edu (Mark Adler)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Re: HP-48SX chip.zip and pubdom.zip
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Date: 22 Sep 90 23:58:56 GMT
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Povl H. Pedersen, hp48sx@wuarchive.wustl.edu (HP48SX Archive Maintainer)
writes:

>> Please use the compress file format whenever possible. I know there
>> is a problem, as this program will only pack one file per archive,
>> but it is the most widely available file compressor.

It's not a problem---you just use tar to make one file out of several files
and directories and then use compress on that.  The standard suffix is
.tar.Z.  This is the way nearly everything is compressed on ftp sites with
Unix software.

>> If you need to create a multi-file archive, then please use ZOO, as
>> this program is also available on a very big range of platforms.

"Available" means you have to find it and get it, whereas tar and compress
are already there on Unix systems.  There is no compresser/archiver that
comes with DOS for PC's, but I just go on the (incorrect) assumption that
everyone has Phil Katz's excellent ZIP and UNZIP.  Also, unzip is "available"
for Unix and soon zip will be too.

I have uploaded chip.tar.Z and pubdom.tar.Z to gmuvax2.gmu.edu in new/hp48sx
and to hpcvaaz.cv.hp.com in pub.

Mark Adler
madler@piglet.caltech.edu