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From: crs@cpsc6a.att.com (Chris "I'm Outta Here!" Seaman)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: Encoding and compression for cbip (Was: xx vs. uu)
Keywords: unzip for unix
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Date: 15 Feb 90 19:47:07 GMT
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cab3@uafhcx.uucp (Chad A. Bersche) writes:
< 
< I too have gotten the BSD version of an Unzip program and have it working
< perfectly on our system...
< 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.
< 
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< cab3@uafhcx.uark.edu  -  Chad A. Bersche  University of Arkansas Fayetteville
< Computer Science Engineering      If you have the source to ZIP let me know!! 
< -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

the problem with the BSD version of unzip is just that.  It is so specific
to BSD that it doesn't come close to compiling on my System V machine, and
I don't have the time to search through the source to figure out what the
author was really trying to do.  Until there is a PORTABLE version of zip
for UNIX (one that can create AND extract), it should not be the 'archiver
of choice' for usenet postings.  Similar arguments can be made against
lharc.

Please note that I'm not saying that PKZip and LHArc are not good archivers.
I have used both on my PC, but zoo is the only one that runs reliably under
UNIX.  Also, there is a very handy utility on the PKWare BBS that will
convert zoo files to zip files on the PC.

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