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From: ariel@seer.UUCP (Catherine Hampton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Compression program for PC?
Summary: Pkzip will do it
Keywords: compression
Message-ID: <674@seer.UUCP>
Date: 3 Nov 90 05:25:46 GMT
References: <272F4C8C.1957@ics.uci.edu>
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Organization: Brad Lanam  Alamo, CA
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In article <272F4C8C.1957@ics.uci.edu> wngai@net1.ics.uci.edu (Wayne Ngai) writes:
>
>	Hi, does anyone know if there exist a compression program much
>like the one on Unix for DOS which compresses and doesn't leave the file behind
>and when uncompressed, it doesn't leave the compressed file behind?  If so,
>please tell me where I can get it (pd or commercial doesn't matter).
>
>Thanks in advance!

Phil Katz' Pkzip will do this just fine.  Just type:

                      pkzip -m zipname.zip filename.exe (filename2.ext etc)

This will move a file into a zip and delete the original file.

Cathy
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