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- From: matuli_a@marlin.navsea.navy.mil (Alex Matulich 03T1)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.introduction
- Subject: Re: cross-platform compression?
- Date: 14 Apr 1996 13:54:29 GMT
- Organization: Naval Sea Systems Command Code 03T1
- Message-ID: <4kr02l$gu@sparky.navsea.navy.mil>
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- Ian Ferris <sb03678@dsa.dsa.dassault.com> wrote:
- >Is there a file compression/decompression tool that can be used
- >across platforms? For instance, I might want to compress source
- >code on a UNIX machine or PC and uncompress it on an Amiga, or
- >vice-versa.
-
- Zip and Unzip work across all platforms. Source is available from
-
- ftp://ftp.uu.net/usenet/comp.sources.misc/volume31/zip19/ (for zip)
- ftp://ftp.uu.net/usenet/comp.sources.misc/volume44/unzip/ (for unzip)
-
- I think they come in several parts, SHAR format (i.e. you need the unix
- Bourne shell to extract them.
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- The LHA archiver also exists on unix, PC, and Amiga. So does Zoo.
-
- -Alex
-