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From: garnett@killer.DALLAS.TX.US (John Garnett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: compress for the PC
Message-ID: <7172@killer.DALLAS.TX.US>
Date: 15 Feb 89 17:15:45 GMT
References: <7352@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>
Distribution: comp
Organization: The Unix(R) Connection, Dallas, Texas
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in article <7352@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>, lynch@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Tim Lynch) says:
> 
> We're looking for a utility that runs on an IBM PC and performs the
> same function as the unix utility "compress."  We would like to
> compress files generated on our PC, ship them to a unix machines 
> and uncompress the files there.  Of course, we would like to be
> able to perform the reverse operation too.  
> 
> Can anyone point me to where I can find such a utility?

I like to use the Zoo archiver.  This archiver uses LZW compression and
is available for both Unix and DOS C compilers (Amiga as well).  The
compression ratio is comparable to **ix compress.  Zoo has additional
features including the capability to store files and directory hierarchy
information in an archive.  See the recent posting to comp.sources.unix
for the sources.

garnett@killer.dallas.tx.us