Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!maverick.ksu.ksu.edu!iowasp.physics.uiowa.edu!ns-mx!l_eld09.icaen.uiowa.edu!mtpins Newsgroups: comp.compression Subject: Re: Compression on Unix machines Message-ID: From: mtpins@icaen.uiowa.edu (Michael T Pins) Date: 25 Mar 91 01:57:45 GMT Sender: news@ns-mx.uiowa.edu References: Lines: 24 kutcha@clotho.acm.rpi.edu (Phillip Rzewski) writes: > I'm sure this newsgroup is intended to have more useful purposes than >this, but I have decided to post a question to the group anyway because it is >something I have been curious about for a long time. What is currently the >best compression/decompression package that is available for most (if not all) >Unix machines and smaller machines like PCs/Macs/Amigas as well? I've seen it >change over the past few years and I have been very out of touch with >compression and decompression packages as of late. My compresser of choice is LHarc. It gives very tight compression, and is available for Unix, Amigas, and PClones (I don't know what's out for the Mac). The only drawback of LHarc is that it is slow. Both Zoo and Arc are also available for Unix, Amigas, and PClones, but neither compresses nearly as well as LHarc. Firestar -- ***************************************************************************** * Michael Pins (Firestar) | Internet: mtpins@umaxc.weeg.uiowa.edu * * ISCA's Amiga Librarian | #include * *****************************************************************************