overby@agrigene.UUCP (Scott Overby) (10/11/88)
Is there any software available to compress files in UNIX, transfer it to an IBM compatible PC, and uncompress it on the PC?
bc@halley.UUCP (Bill Crews) (10/13/88)
In article <461@agrigene.UUCP> overby@agrigene.UUCP (Scott Overby) writes: > >Is there any software available to compress files in UNIX, transfer it to an IBM compatible PC, and uncompress it on the PC? Mortice Kern Software, a Canadian company just across the border, has a software package for DOS called the MKS Toolkit. In the version I have, it includes a Unix-compatible pack and unpack. I believe the latest version includes a compatible compress, which should be about as good as you can get both for degree of compression (Lempel-Ziv) and Unix compatibility. It is $139US. They advertise in places like Computer Language and PC Tech Journal. My manual is loaned out, so I can't provide the number right now. -bc -- Bill Crews bc@halley.UUCP (512) 244-8350 ..!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!halley!bc
root@conexch.UUCP (Larry Dighera) (10/14/88)
In article <394@halley.UUCP> bc@halley.UUCP (Bill Crews) writes: >In article <461@agrigene.UUCP> overby@agrigene.UUCP (Scott Overby) writes: >> >>Is there any software available to compress files in UNIX, transfer it to an IBM compatible PC, and uncompress it on the PC? > >Mortice Kern Software, a Canadian company just across the border, has a >software package for DOS called the MKS Toolkit. In the version I have, >it includes a Unix-compatible pack and unpack. I believe the latest version >includes a compatible compress, which should be about as good as you can get >both for degree of compression (Lempel-Ziv) and Unix compatibility. >It is $139US. They advertise in places like Computer Language and PC Tech >Journal. My manual is loaned out, so I can't provide the number right now. You'll find both tar and compress that will run under PC-DOS on conexch. Call in on the XBBS number (714) 842-6348, and look in the unix file area. All programs are free for the downloading. You can get a list of the Unix/Xenix programs available by uucping /usr3/public/FILES & /usr/spool/uucppublic/FILES. uucp access is via the unpassworded uucp login: nuucp. Check the signature for a Systems line. Best regards, Larry Dighera -- USPS: The Consultants' Exchange, PO Box 12100, Santa Ana, CA 92712 TELE: (714) 842-6348: BBS (N81); (714) 842-5851: Xenix guest account (E71) UUCP: conexch Any ACU 2400 17148425851 ogin:-""-ogin:-""-ogin: nuucp UUCP: ...!uunet!turnkey!conexch!root || ...!trwrb!ucla-an!conexch!root