bb16@prism.gatech.EDU (Scott Bostater) (11/27/89)
Has anybody noticed a problem with PKZIP (version 1.02) in regards to the
freshen command (-f)? I recently tried to use the -f option to update a
zipfile. One file that was changed ended up having the same number of bytes
as the original file and was not updated! (the file date was different by
approx. 2 weeks) I manually inserted the changed program into the zip file
and went to reinstall the software on another hard disk. PKUNZIP would not
unzip the file (using the -n option) beacause the same old file (same number
of bytes, 2 weeks old) was in the directory.
Does PKZIP/UNZIP purposely make the distinction that two files with the same
name and size but different dates really are the same file? Is this a bug or
a "feature"? If it is a feature, does anybody know how to disable it???
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Scott Bostater GTRI/RAIL/RAD (Ga. Tech)
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