mjones@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (08/28/90)
For general information: please feel free to send me additional info, comments, complaints, etc. The most recent copy of this text may be anonymous ftp'd from ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (128.174.5.59) in the directory doc/pcnet. This file is maintained by Mike Jones (mjones@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu). Please do not strip this note from this list when passing it on. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE COMPRESSION, ARCHIVING, AND TEXT<->BINARY FORMATS Last Update: 08/27/90 Operating System/Unpackaging Program NAME File PC * Mac * Unix * VM/CMS * Amiga * Extension abe ? abe.exe O - abe O - - afio - - - afio ? - - ar (any) - - ar L - - ARC .ARC arc600.exe A ArcMac1.3c A arc521 I arcutil K Arc 0.23 Aa BinHex .Hqx ? ? BinHex5.0 A mcvert B binhex K - BOO .BOO msbpct.exe G ? ? - - - msbmkb.exe btoa (any)btoa O - btoa L - compress Ab Bundle .bndl - Bundle E - - - CardDump(any) - - - card K - compact .C - - compact L - - Compac- tor ? - Compactor ? - - - compress.Z comprs16.arc F MacCompress3.2A compress L compress K compress Ac cpio ? pax2exe.zip H - ? ? - - Crunch ? - - - arcutil K - Disk- Doubler ? - DiskDoubler ? - - - DWC .DWC dwc-a501.exe B - - - - FPack (any) ? ? FPack2.2 A ? ? - - HPACK .HPK ? * ? * ? * ? * ? * Larc .LZS larc333.zip B - - - - LHarc .LZH lh113.exe A ? ? lharc10 I - LHarc Ad LHWarp ? - - - - Lhwarp Ae LU (LAR).LBR lue220.arc B - lar ? arcutil K - LZSS ? ? ? ? ? - - - MDCD .MD mdcd10.arc B - - - - PackIt .pit UnPackIt ? PackIt3.1.3 A unpit ? - - PAK .PAK pak210.exe A ? ? arc521 I - - PKPAK .ARC pk361.exe A ArcMac1.3c A arc521 I arcutil K PKAX ? PKZIP .ZIP pkz110.exe B UnZip1.02c D unzip306 I - PKAZip Af Power- Packer ? - - - - PowerPacker? - Scrunch .COM scrnch.arc B - - - - shell - .shar archive unshar.arc I UnShar2.0 D shar L - UnShar Ag Shrink- ToFit .stf - STF1.2 A - - - SPL ? - ? ? - - - Squash .ARC squash.arc B - - - - Squeeze .xQx sqpc12a.com H ? ? ? ? arcutil K Sq.Usq Ah StuffIt .Sit mactopc.xxx ? StuffIt1.5.1 A unsit ? - - tar .tar pdtar.exe C UnTar2.0 D tar L - TarSplit Ai tarread.arc I pax.zoo J terse (any)terse K - - terse K - uuencode.UUE (various) F UMCP-Tools1.0 ? uuencode L arcutil K uudecode Aj Warp ? - - - - WarpUtil Ak xxencode.XXE ? ? - ? N xxencode K - ZOO .ZOO zoo201.exe A MacBooz2.1 D zoo201 I zoo K amigazoo A WHERE TO GET THEM: A. ux1 /pub /pub/amiga a ff070 b ff051 c ff051 d ff312 e ff305 f ff311 g ff345 h ff051 i ff053 j ff092 k ff243 B. wuarchive.wustl.edu (NFS mounted on uxa and mrcnext) C. omnigate.clarkson.edu /pub/ncsa2.2tn D. sumex-aim.stanford.edu /info-mac/util E. uunet.uu.net F. grape.ecs.clarkson.edu - see the file 'allfiles' G. watsun.cc.columbia.edu H. wsmr-simtel20.army.mil I. pc.usl.edu /pub/unix J. plains.nodak.edu K. vmd.cso.uiuc.edu card - cd public.474 terse - cd public.460 others - cd public.477 L. (should be available on all major unix systems) M. comp.sources.unix archives N LISTSERV@BLEKUL11.BITNET mail server O. comp.binaries.ibm.pc archive sites 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 Some uuencode/uudecode programs are able to read xxencode files. The files listed are only guaranteed to uncompress/unarchive. To make a compression/archive, further software may be needed. USAGE NOTES: DEFINATIVE SOURCES:
mrj00496@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Michael Robert Jones) (08/29/90)
The most recent copy of this text may be anonymous ftp'd from ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (128.174.5.59) in the directory doc/pcnet. This file is maintained by Mike Jones (mjones@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu). Please do not strip this note from this list when passing it on. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE COMPRESSION, ARCHIVING, AND TEXT<->BINARY FORMATS Last Update: 08/27/90 Operating System/Unpackaging Program NAME File PC * Mac * Unix * VM/CMS * Amiga * Extension abe ? abe.exe O - abe O - - afio - - - afio ? - - ar (any) - - ar L - - ARC .ARC arc600.exe A ArcMac1.3c A arc521 I arcutil K Arc 0.23 Aa BinHex .Hqx ? ? BinHex5.0 A mcvert B binhex K - BOO .BOO msbpct.exe G ? ? - - - msbmkb.exe btoa (any)btoa O - btoa L - compress Ab Bundle .bndl - Bundle E - - - CardDump(any) - - - card K - compact .C - - compact L - - Compac- tor ? - Compactor ? - - - compress.Z comprs16.arc F MacCompress3.2A compress L compress K compress Ac cpio ? pax2exe.zip H - ? ? - - Crunch ? - - - arcutil K - Disk- Doubler ? - DiskDoubler ? - - - DWC .DWC dwc-a501.exe B - - - - FPack (any) ? ? FPack2.2 A ? ? - - HPACK .HPK ? * ? * ? * ? * ? * Larc .LZS larc333.zip B - - - - LHarc .LZH lh113.exe A ? ? lharc10 I - LHarc Ad LHWarp ? - - - - Lhwarp Ae LU (LAR).LBR lue220.arc B - lar ? arcutil K - LZSS ? ? ? ? ? - - - MDCD .MD mdcd10.arc B - - - - PackIt .pit UnPackIt ? PackIt3.1.3 A unpit ? - - PAK .PAK pak210.exe A ? ? arc521 I - - PKPAK .ARC pk361.exe A ArcMac1.3c A arc521 I arcutil K PKAX ? PKZIP .ZIP pkz110.exe B UnZip1.02c D unzip306 I - PKAZip Af Power- Packer ? - - - - PowerPacker? - Scrunch .COM scrnch.arc B - - - - shell - .shar archive unshar.arc I UnShar2.0 D shar L - UnShar Ag Shrink- ToFit .stf - STF1.2 A - - - SPL ? - ? ? - - - Squash .ARC squash.arc B - - - - Squeeze .xQx sqpc12a.com H ? ? ? ? arcutil K Sq.Usq Ah StuffIt .Sit mactopc.xxx ? StuffIt1.5.1 A unsit ? - - tar .tar pdtar.exe C UnTar2.0 D tar L - TarSplit Ai tarread.arc I pax.zoo J terse (any)terse K - - terse K - uuencode.UUE (various) F UMCP-Tools1.0 ? uuencode L arcutil K uudecode Aj Warp ? - - - - WarpUtil Ak xxencode.XXE ? ? - ? N xxencode K - ZOO .ZOO zoo201.exe A MacBooz2.1 D zoo201 I zoo K amigazoo A WHERE TO GET THEM: A. ux1 /pub /pub/amiga a ff070 b ff051 c ff051 d ff312 e ff305 f ff311 g ff345 h ff051 i ff053 j ff092 k ff243 B. wuarchive.wustl.edu (NFS mounted on uxa and mrcnext) C. omnigate.clarkson.edu /pub/ncsa2.2tn D. sumex-aim.stanford.edu /info-mac/util E. uunet.uu.net F. grape.ecs.clarkson.edu - see the file 'allfiles' G. watsun.cc.columbia.edu H. wsmr-simtel20.army.mil I. pc.usl.edu /pub/unix J. plains.nodak.edu K. vmd.cso.uiuc.edu card - cd public.474 terse - cd public.460 others - cd public.477 L. (should be available on all major unix systems) M. comp.sources.unix archives N LISTSERV@BLEKUL11.BITNET mail server O. comp.binaries.ibm.pc archive sites 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 Some uuencode/uudecode programs are able to read xxencode files. The files listed are only guaranteed to uncompress/unarchive. To make a compression/archive, further software may be needed. USAGE NOTES: DEFINATIVE SOURCES: