otto@tukki.jyu.fi (Otto J. Makela) (01/23/91)
In article <1991Jan21.234829.611@acwbust.incom.de> andrew@acwbust.incom.de (Andrew Wheadon) writes: In article <sean.664246251@s.ms.uky.edu> sean@ms.uky.edu (Sean Casey) writes: >*IS* there a Unix zip??? I've never heard of one. No there is an unzip available but as far as I know the zip-program is copy-righted-shareware. You mean the MS-DOS version (only one available) is copyrighted shareware. There is a project of Zip for Unix <info-zip-request@wsmr-simtel20.army.mil>, but they are still at the beta phase. Some of the people who worked on the portable UnZip contribute to this effort. It turns out that creating a Zipper from the publicized specifications is not trivial, but they are getting there. Watch This Space For Future Developments! I think lharc is a better solution anyway as it achieves the same compression-efficiency (sometimes better) and is public domain. And sometimes worse compression. However, lharc suffers from non-compatible patches to the software (see the discussion "Let's have ONE standard lharc!") -- /* * * Otto J. Makela <otto@jyu.fi> * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */ /* Phone: +358 41 613 847, BBS: +358 41 211 562 (USR HST/V.32, 24h/d) */ /* Mail: Kauppakatu 1 B 18, SF-40100 Jyvaskyla, Finland, EUROPE */ /* * * Computers Rule 01001111 01001011 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */