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From: bob@omni.com (Bob Weissman)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: Binaries and which packing (Was Re: xx vs. uu)
Summary: A vote for ZOO
Message-ID: <1745@borabora.omni.com>
Date: 15 Feb 90 19:11:42 GMT
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In article <1990Feb14.134810.8305@uwasa.fi>, ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi LASK) writes:

> 2) We now have unzip available for unix, which means that file
> integrity can be tested without first having to transfer to PC the
> way it used to be.  Also .zip files can now be unpacked under unix. 

Zoo is also available for Unix.  I use it frequently.  It therefore has
the two advantages noted above for zip.

> 3) We still do not have unix zip, that is packing under unix (or if
> we do, it has not yet been generally circulated). 

Right.  But we do have unix zoo.  Another advantage of zoo is that you
don't need two different programs to pack and unpack.

> 4) Compared to .arc .zip and .lzh (all now more or less available
> for unix), .zoo was (and is) quite cumbersome to use, especially in
> packing. 

I beg to differ.  I don't have extensive experience with zip, and none
with lzh, but zoo is the first archiver I've seen which lets you pack an
entire directory hierarchy with one command, and unpack it into the same
hierarchy with one command.  This is real useful.  You just have to forget
the "novice" commands and learn the "expert" commands.  Rahul's extensive
Unix-style manual page makes this easy.

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