Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!apple!amdahl!JUTS!ked01 From: ked01@ccc.amdahl.com (Kim DeVaughn) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: compress 4.0 for the amiga Message-ID: <4bFX02yd03bo01@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com> Date: 7 Nov 90 21:07:14 GMT References: <35043@nigel.ee.udel.edu> Reply-To: ked01@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com (Kim DeVaughn) Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA 94086 Lines: 38 In article <35043@nigel.ee.udel.edu> JAGBDED%PANAM.BITNET@ricevm1.rice.edu writes: > > In Phil Kernic writes: > >I have just posted compress for the amiga on NewXanth (abcfd20.larc.nasa.gov) > >in the file /incoming/amiga/amipress.zoo > > > >The executable compress is also decompress and zcat, just copy it to > >the other names for the other functions (oh for soft links...). Which were *supposed* to be "in there" for 2.0 ... but eveidently are NOT, from what has been said here on c.s.a.*. However for uncompressing, you *can* use "compress -d" with this version, which will work just fine (though it isn't really documented in the man page). For "zcat", I guess you still need to duplicate the binary using that name. > I was able to compile compress 4.0 from prep.ai.mit.edu using SAS/Lattice > C 5.10 by simply commenting out the calls to chown and utime, safe enough I > think on a small machine. It's worked on everything I've thrown at it so > far. It seems that the folks at Lattice did a good job with their support > library. Perhaps you would post your version to comp.{sources|binaries}.amiga, or put it up on abcfd20 Joe, as the version Phil put up has a very annoying problem. That being it has the 12-char filename limit (14 including the .Z suffix) compiled in (which is only needed for SysV's ... not AmigaDOS) ... Or maybe Phil could fix his version ...? /kim -- UUCP: kim@uts.amdahl.com -OR- ked01@juts.ccc.amdahl.com or: {sun,decwrl,hplabs,pyramid,uunet,oliveb,ames}!amdahl!kim DDD: 408-746-8462 USPS: Amdahl Corp. M/S 249, 1250 E. Arques Av, Sunnyvale, CA 94086 BIX: kdevaughn GEnie: K.DEVAUGHN CIS: 76535,25