Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!deimos!uafhp!uafhcx!cab3 From: cab3@uafhcx.uucp (Chad A. Bersche) Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Subject: Re: Encoding and compression for cbip (Was: xx vs. uu) Summary: zip vs. lharc Keywords: unzip for unix Message-ID: <3702@uafhp.uark.edu> Date: 14 Feb 90 17:08:34 GMT References: <1513@krafla.rhi.hi.is> <5729@udccvax1.acs.udel.EDU> Sender: netnews@uafhp.uark.edu Organization: College of Engineering, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville Lines: 24 > I have an unzip program here on a Vax running BSD 4.3 Unix which I got from > somewhere via anonymous ftp. I can't seem to find the address anywhere, but > I'll keep looking. Anyway, the source code mentions that it compiles under > Turbo C too, so it looks portable. Of course, it only UNzips, but that may be > all we need since most people just want to test the archive and scan the > readme file before going to the trouble of downloading to a PC. I too have gotten the BSD version of an Unzip program and have it working perfectly on our system. I belive I got it off of Simtel20, if I recall correctly. Also, for my two cents worth, I would like to see the c.b.i.p. standard be something like Lharc. I have a copy of it for the same BSD machine that allows both the unarchiving and archiving of lharc files. Admittedly, few may actually do much with the files before downloading them to their PC's, but every now and then I tend to unarchive something, take what I want (or need), rearchive it and then download just what I need to save time. For that reason, lharc would be a little better. It also has a very good compression ratio, and isn't too awfully slow. If I could find a Zip program for Unix BSD, I'd most definitely change my vote to .ZIP. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- cab3@uafhcx.uark.edu - Chad A. Bersche University of Arkansas Fayetteville Computer Science Engineering If you have the source to ZIP let me know!! -----------------------------------------------------------------------------