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From: wbonner@yoda.eecs.wsu.edu (Wim Bonner)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: v03INFO03: NOTICE-comp.os2.binaries archive format
Message-ID: <1991Jun20.031550.19062@serval.net.wsu.edu>
Date: 20 Jun 91 03:15:50 GMT
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In article <1991Jun18.185704.6230@stiatl.salestech.com> tok@stiatl.salestech.com (Terry Kane) writes:
>	1:	The ZOO archivers as distributed in this group are HPFS aware,
>		allowing long filenames, and

I can create long filenames in Zip with the beta of the portable Zip program.
The RELEASE PORTABLE UNZIP program 4.10 will properly deal with HPFS Long
filenames in ZIp files, and it is available for many unix systems as well as
DOS and OS/2 and MAC and etc....

>	2:	I am not aware of a PKZIP 1.10 package available for OS/2
>		at this time - this leaves us at the 1.02 level going to DOS
>		for unpackaging in the FAT fs, and
>	3:	I believe that most folks rely on UNIX for their netnews
>		connection; where if you want to print documentation from
>		a c.b.os2 archive, you would have to punt the archive to
>		DOS, extract files, to be returned to UNIX for printing
>		(as one unfriendly scenario).
>Count my vote for remaining with ZOO!!!!!

I do agree that there is not currently a zipper available that will deal with
unix or long file names, or zip above pk version 1.02, but I still prefer ZIP.


wim