mjones@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (07/31/90)
Thank you to everyone who sent me information and suggestions about this chart.
I have made all the changes suggested and updated everything. I am posting
the updated chart for further inspection. Any more information would be
greatly appreciated. The latest version of this chart may be obtained any time
via anonymous ftp at: ux1.cso.uiuc.edu
cd /doc/pcnet
get compression
Last Updat: 07/30/90 Operating System/Unpackaging Program
NAME File Ext. PC Mac Unix
PAK .PAK pak210.exe 2 ? -
PKPAK .ARC pk361.exe 1 ArcMac1.3c 5 -
ARC .ARC arc600.exe 2 ArcMac1.3c 5 -
PKZIP .ZIP pkz110.exe 2 UnZip1.02c 6 unzip3.0 ?
LHarc .LZH lh113.exe 2 ? -
Larc .LZS larc333.zip 3 - -
ZOO .ZOO zoo201.exe 1 MacBooz2.1 6 ?
DWC .DWC dwc-a501.exe 3 - -
LU (LAR) .LBR lue220.arc 3 - -
MDCD .MD mdcd10.arc 3 - -
BOO .BOO msb? 9 ? -
Squash .ARC squash.arc 3 - -
Scrunch .COM scrnch.arc 3 - -
Squeeze .SQ ? - -
compress .Z comprs16.arc 8 MacCompress3.2 5 compress u
compact .C - - compact u
tar .tar pdtar.exe 4 UnTar2.0 6 tar u
shell archive .shar unshar.arc 8 UnShar2.0 6 shar u
uuencode .UUE (various) 8 ? uuencode u
xxencode .XXE
abe
btoa (any) ? - btoa u
ar (any) - - ar u
HPACK .HPK ? * ? ?
PackIt .pit unsit.XXX ? PackIt3.1.3 5 -
BinHex .Hqx ? BinHex5.0 5 ?
ShrinkToFit .stf - STF1.2 5 -
StuffIt .Sit mactopc.XXX ? StuffIt1.5.1 5 -
FPack (any) ? FPack2.2 5 ?
Bundle .bndl - Bundle 7 -
LZSS ? - ? -
SPL ? - ? -
WHERE TO GET THEM:
1. ux1 /pub/pc
2. ux1 /pub/pc/exec-pc
3. mrcnext /wuarchive/mirrors/msdos/arc-lbr
4. omnigate.clarkson.edu /pub/ncsa2.2tn
5. ux1 /pub/mac
6. sumex-aim.stanford.edu /info-mac/util
7. uunet.uu.net
8. grape.ecs.clarkson.edu - see the file 'allfiles'
9. watsun.cc.columbia.edu
u. (should be available on all major unix systems)
NOTES:
Symbols: - means that nothing exists to the best of my knowledge
? means that something exists but I do not know the name
of the program or where to get it
* means that e-mail should be sent to mjones@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu
for details/explanation
The files listed are only guaranteed to uncompress/unarchive.
To make a compression/archive, further software may be needed.