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From: jph@ais.org (Joseph Hillenburg)
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Subject: Re: Looking for posted Table of Archiver Programs (.zoo, .zip, .sit, ...)
Summary: Here's a simple table. E-Mail me your replies and I'll post a summary
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Date: 5 Jan 91 10:07:43 GMT
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In article <1991Jan4.170405.2853@int13.hf.intel.com> tim@int13.hf.intel.com (Timothy E. Forsyth) writes:
>Could someone please send me the Table that is posted every so often that
>lists archive programs for various systems (PC, Mac, Amiga, Unix, ...)
>This is the table that lists that latest version numbers and is there is a
>program on OS X that can extract and archive made on OS Y.
>I believe the table also lists encoders such as uu and xx encode/decode and
>BinHex.
>

This is information to the best of my knowledge. The Platform(s) column
doesn't specify all the platforms, but the type of system that format
is most commmonly found on.

Name      | Version | Filetype | Platform(s)   | Comments
----------+---------+----------+---------------+-------------------------------
Ar        | ?.??    | .a  .ar  | unix          | no compression
Arc       | 5.21    | .arc     | ms-dos,amiga  | Not so common today
          |         |          |               | very low efficiency
Backup    | 5.3-1   | .bck     | vms           | no compression
BinHex    | ?.??    | .hqx     | macintosh     | bin -> ascii program 
Compress  | 4.00    | .Z       | unix          | no arching, just compression
Ctar      | ?.??    | .ctar    | unix          | combines .tar & .Z in one step
DMS       | 1.00    | .dms     | amiga         | total rewrite of Warp
Library   | 5.3-1   | .olb .tlb| vms           | ?????????
LHarc     | 1.21    | .lzh     | amiga         | this is the amiga "standard"
          |         |          |               | also mutant LHarcA,LZ,LHunarc
LHwarp    | 1.??    | .lhw     | amiga         | lzhuf disk compressor
LZcomp    | ?.??    | _Z       | vms           | compression only
Pack      | ?.??    | .z       | unix          | pack != compress
Pak       | 1.00    | .pak     | amiga         | sfx archive; just run
Shar      | [*]     | .shar    | unix          | [*] many different shar
          |         |          |               | programs; cshar most common
          |         |          |               | ascii information only
Stuffit   | ?.??    | .sit     | macintosh     | latest version is commercial
          |         |          |               | (!)
Tar       | ?.??    | .tar     | unix          | no compression
PkZip     | ?.??    | .zip     | ms-dos        | fast, good compression
UUencode  | ?.??    | .uue     | all systems   | very standard bin -> ascii
Warp      | ?.??    | .wrp     | amiga,ms-dos  | disk compressor; author
          |         |          |               | replaced with DMS
Zoo       | 2.01    | .zoo     | amiga,ms-dos  | very standard across
          |         |          | unix          | various platforms
n/a       | n/a     | .sfx     | micros only   | self extracting archive

Ok, mail me and help patch the ????'s, and clear up holes.
Any info on archivers not listed are welcome. If requested, I may post this
periodically.

>Thanks in advance,
>
>Tim Forsyth
>-- 
>Tim Forsyth, Intel Corp., Desktop Computer Division, Hillsboro, Oregon, USA
>Internet: tim@int13.hf.intel.com or Tim_Forsyth@ccm.hf.intel.com
>CompuServe: 74040,2712 (checked every Friday)


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