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From: zazula@uazhe0.physics.arizona.edu (RALPH ZAZULA)
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Subject: re: file compressor (ZIP for UNIX)
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Date: 15 Feb 91 18:20:31 GMT
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In article <1991Feb12.061002.16067@nntp-server.caltech.edu>, you write...
> 
>Ralph Zazula wonders:
>>> Has anyone ported the PC archiver "ZIP" to the UNIX domain?
> 
>Yes.  Me and some other folks have been working on it and we should
>have Zip 1.0 out Real Soon Now.  Unzip is already available.  You
>can contact me for details.  Zip has better compression than compress
>or zoo.
> 
I tried to send this directly 3 times, once via NEWS and it puked...

Mark,

I'm glad to hear that ZIP is making it to UNIX.  It is by far the
best file compressor/archiver I have used.

The only feature I think it is lacking is the abliltiy to limit
the size of the .ZIP file and create multiple files of that limited
size when archiving large quanitities of data (as I'm doing now when
backing up my PC hard disk so I can sell it when my NeXT cube arrives).

Do you know where I can get the latest copies of ZIP/UNZIP via FTP?

>Mark Adler
>madler@pooh.caltech.edu

Thanks,
Ralph

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