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  1. The most recent copy of this text may be anonymous ftp'd from
  2. ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (128.174.5.59) in the directory /doc/pcnet as
  3. as the file compression.
  4. This file is maintained by David Lemson (lemson@uiuc.edu).
  5. Please do not strip this note from this list when passing it on.
  6. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  7. DECODING THIS CHART: This chart has been compacted to fit into 80 columns
  8. so it can be viewed on-line. The first column is the name of the compression/
  9. archiving technique. The next field is the file extension given to the 
  10. resulting file. After that are 5 columns each for a different operating system.
  11. Each one of these consists of the name of the file/program to undo the given
  12. compression/archiving style and a letter that tells where the file/program may
  13. be obtained. All symbols and letters are decoded at the bottom portion of this
  14. file. 
  15. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  16.  
  17. FILE COMPRESSION, ARCHIVING, AND TEXT<->BINARY FORMATS
  18.  
  19. Last Update: 8/08/91           Operating System/Unpackaging Program
  20.  
  21. NAME    File     DOS      *   Mac         *   Unix   *   VM/CMS  *  Amiga    *
  22.       Extension
  23. abe       ?  abe.exe      N      -          abe      Q      -          -
  24. afio      -      -               -          afio     ?      -          -
  25. ar      (any)    -               -          ar       L      -          -
  26. ARC     .ARC arc602.exe   B ArcMac1.3c    A arc521   B  arcutil  K Arc 0.23  Aa
  27. ARJ     .ARJ arj220.exe   B      -          unarj220 B   unarj   K     -
  28. BinHex  .Hqx xbin23.zip   B BinHex4.0 +   A mcvert   D  binhex   K     -
  29. binscii   *      -               -              -           -          -
  30. BLU       ?      -               -              -           -          -
  31. BOO     .BOO msbpct.exe   B      ?        ?     -           -          -
  32.              msbmkb.exe
  33. btoa    (any)btoa         N      +          btoa     L      -      compress  Ab
  34. Bundle  .bndl    -          Bundle        E     -           -          -
  35. CardDump(any)    -               -              -       card     K     -
  36. compact .C       -               -         uncompact L      -          -
  37. Compac-
  38. tor      .cpt    -          Compactor1.21 D     -           -          - 
  39. Compac- 
  40. tor Pro  .cpt    -        CompactorPro1.3 D     -           -          -
  41. compress.Z   u16.zip      A MacCompress3.2A compress L  compress K compress  Ac
  42.              comp430d.zip B
  43. cpio      ?  pax2exe.zip  H      -            cpio   L      -          -
  44. Crunch    ?      -               -              -       arcutil  K     -
  45. Diamond  ^F      -          Diamond 3.0   Z     -           -          -
  46. Diet    (any)diet110a.zip B      -              -           -          -
  47. Disk-
  48. Doubler  .dd     -         DiskDoubler3.7 Z     -           -          -
  49. Disk-   .DMS     -               -              -           -       dms-102  T
  50. Masher  .EXE
  51. DWC     .DWC dwc-a501.exe B      -              -           -          -
  52. FPack   (any)    ?        ? FPack2.2      A     ?    ?      -          -
  53. HPACK   .HPK Beta test, not released yet  - watch this space for more info   *
  54. HYPER   .HYP hyper25.zip  B      -              -           -          -
  55. Imploder(any)    -               -              -           -    imploder1.3 T
  56. Larc    .LZS larc333.zip  B      -              -           -          -
  57. LHA     .LZH lha213.exe   B      -              -           -          -
  58. LHarc   .LZH lh113c.exe   H MacLHarc 0.41 D lharc102 U      -      LHarc     Ad
  59. LHWarp  .LZW     -               -              -           -      Lhwarp    Ae
  60. LU (LAR).LBR lue220.arc   B      -          lar      ?  arcutil  K     -
  61. LZari     ?      -          MacLZAri 7-11 ?     -           -          -
  62. LZEXE   .EXE lzexe91.zip  A      -              -           -          -
  63. LZSS    .lzss    ?        ? LZSS 2.0b5    ?     -           -          -
  64. MDCD    .MD  mdcd10.arc   B      -              -           -          -
  65. nupack    ?      -               -              -           -          -
  66. pack     .Z      -               -           unpack  L      -          -   
  67. PackIt  .pit UnPackIt     ? PackIt3.1.3   A unpit    ?      -          -
  68. PAK     .PAK pak250.exe   H      ?        ?     -           -          -
  69. PKLITE  .EXE pklte112.exe B      -              -           -          -
  70. PKPAK   .ARC pk361.exe    A ArcMac1.3c    A arc521   I  arcutil  K PKAX      ?
  71. PKZIP   .ZIP pkz110eu.exe B UnZip1.1 0    D unzip41 B       -      PKAZip    Af
  72. Power-  (any)
  73. Packer  .pp      -               -              -           -    PowerPacker Ai
  74. Scrunch .COM scrnch.arc   B      -              -           -          -
  75. Shark            -               -              sh   E 
  76. shell - .shar
  77. archive      toadshr1.arc B UnShar2.0     D   unshar L      -      UnShar    Ag
  78. shrinkit.shk     -               -              -           -          -
  79. Shrink-
  80. ToFit   .stf     -          STF1.2        ?     -           -          -
  81. SPL       ?      -               ?        ?     -           -          -
  82. Squash  .ARC squash.arc   B      -              -           -          -
  83. Squeeze .xQx sqpc131.arc  B      ?        ?     ?    ?  arcutil  K Sq.Usq    Ah
  84. StuffIt .Sit mactopc. ?   ? StuffIt 1.6   D unsit    D      -          -
  85. tar     .tar tar.zip      A UnTar2.0      D tar      L      -      TarSplit  Ai
  86.              tarread.arc  I
  87.              extar10.zip  B 
  88.              pdtar.exe    C
  89. terse   (any)Copyright IBM       -              -       vmarc    +     -
  90. uuencode.UUE toaduu20.zip B uutool2.0.3  D  uudecode L  arcutil  K uudecode  Aj
  91. Warp    .WRP     -               -              -           -      WarpUtil  Ak
  92. whap    .AP      ?               ?         yabbawhap M      ?      yabbawhap M 
  93. xxencode.XXE toaduu20.zip B      -          xxdecode A  xxdecode K     -
  94. yabba   .Y       ?               ?         yabbawhap M      ?      yabbawhap M 
  95. ZOO     .ZOO zoo210.exe   A MacBooz2.1    D zoo210   B  zoo      K amigazoo  A
  96.  
  97. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  98. Extended Chart:
  99.                 VMS       *    Apple 2    *   Atari     *    OS/2   *  Windows3 
  100.  
  101. abe       ?      -               -              -              -          -
  102. afio      -      -               -              -              -          -
  103. ar      (any)    -               -              -              -          -
  104. ARC     .arc arcvms.uue   B dearc.bsq.Z   B arc521b.arc R  arc2.arc A     -
  105. ARJ     .ARJ  unarj220    B      -              -              -          -
  106. BinHex  .Hqx     -               -              -              -          -
  107. binscii   *      -          binscii.exe   O     -              -          -
  108. BLU       ?      -               ?              -              -          -
  109. BOO     .BOO     -               -              -              -          -
  110. btoa    (any)    -               -              -              -          -
  111. Bundle  .bndl    -               -              -              -          -
  112. CardDump(any)    -               -              -              -          -
  113. compact .C       -               -              -              -          -
  114. Compac-
  115. tor      .cpt    -               -              -              -          - 
  116. compress.Z   lzcomp.exe   P compress.shk  J compress.arc R     -          -
  117. cpio      ?      -               -              -              -          -
  118. Crunch    ?      -               -              -              -          -
  119. Disk-
  120. Doubler   ?      -               -              -              -          -
  121. DWC     .DWC     -               -              -              -          -
  122. FPack   (any)    -               -              -              -          -
  123. HPACK   .HPK     ?        *      ?        *     ?    *         ?    *     ?    *
  124. HYPER   .HYP     -               -              -              -          -
  125. Larc    .LZS     -               -              -              -          -
  126. LHarc   .LZH     -               -          lharc113.arc R  clhar103  S   -
  127. LHWarp  .LZW     -               -              -              -          -
  128. LU(LAR) .LBR vmssweep     B      -              -              -          -
  129. LZari     ?      -               -              -              -          -
  130. LZEXE   .EXE     -               -              -              -          -
  131. LZSS    .lzss    -               -              -              -          -
  132. MDCD    .MD      -               -              -              -          -
  133. nupack    ?      -          nupack        B     -              -          -
  134. PackIt  .pit     -               -              -              -          -
  135. PAK     .PAK     -               -              -              -          -
  136. PKPAK   .ARC     -               -          pkunarc.arc R      -          -
  137. PKZIP   .ZIP  unzip41 B          -              -        pkz101-2.exe A   -
  138. Power-
  139. Packer  (any)    -               -              -              -          -
  140. Scrunch .COM     -               -              -              -          -
  141. shell-
  142. archive .shar    -          unshar.shk    J shar.arc    R      -          -
  143. shrinkit.shk     -               ?        O     -              -          -
  144. Shrink-
  145. ToFit   .stf     -               -              -              -          -
  146. SPL       ?      -               -              -              -          -
  147. Squash  .ARC     -               -              -              -          -
  148. Squeeze   ?  vmsusq.pas   B      -          ezsqueeze.arc R    -          -
  149. StuffIt .Sit     -               -              -              -          -
  150. tar     .tar vmstar       Q      -          sttar.arc   R      -          -
  151. terse   (any)    -               -              -              -          -
  152. uuencode.uue uudecode2.vmsB uu.en.decode  J     -              -          -
  153. Warp    .WRP     -               -              -              -          -
  154. whap      ?      ?               -              ?              ?          -
  155. xxencode.XXE     -               -              -              -          -
  156. yabba     ?      ?               -              ?              ?          -
  157. ZOO     .ZOO ZOO210.TAR-Z B      -          booz.arc    R  booz.exe  A    -
  158.  
  159. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  160. WHERE TO GET THEM:
  161.    A. ux1.cso.uiuc.edu [128.174.5.59]
  162.               /pc/exec-pc/ {Zip, arc, lots of good stuff}
  163.           /pc/local
  164.                   /mac/
  165.                   /amiga/fish/(see individual references)
  166.  
  167.       a ff070  b ff051  c ff051  d ff312  e ff305  f ff311  g ff345
  168.       h ff051  i ff053  j ff092  k ff243  i ff253
  169.  
  170.    B. wuarchive.wustl.edu [128.152.135.4] (NFS mounted on uxa and mrcnext)
  171.          /mirrors/msdos/arc-lbr/ {arc, LHARC}
  172.                        /filutl/ {msbpct - BOO, toadshr, DIET}
  173.                /sq-usq/ {NUSQ}
  174.                        /zip/ {unzip}
  175.                        /mac/
  176.                  /info-mac/util/
  177.                  /unix-c/arc-progs/ {ARC}
  178.                  /misc/vaxvms/ {UNZIP for VMS}
  179.          /misc/unix/ {UNZIP, ZOO for UNIX/VMS, UNARJ}
  180.  
  181.    C. omnigate.clarkson.edu [128.153.4.2]
  182.          /pub/ncsa2.2tn/
  183.  
  184.    D. sumex-aim.stanford.edu [36.44.0.6]
  185.          /info-mac/util/ {Stuffit classic, Compactor Pro, etc.}
  186.           /unix/ {unsit, mcvert}
  187.  
  188.    E. uunet.uu.net [192.48.96.2]
  189.          /pub/
  190.          /ioccc/shar.1990.* {shark}
  191.  
  192.    F. grape.ecs.clarkson.edu [128.153.28.129.]
  193.         -  collection varies - see the file 'allfiles'
  194.  
  195.    G. watsun.cc.columbia.edu [128.59.39.2]
  196.     Definitive source for KERMIT releases for all machines
  197.          /kermit/a/
  198.  
  199.    H. wsmr-simtel20.army.mil [192.88.110.20]
  200.    Wuarchive's mirror is updated within 48 hours - recommended to
  201.    use wuarchive instead of simtel20.
  202.          cd pd1:<msdos.arc-lbr>
  203.  
  204.    I. pc.usl.edu [130.70.40.3]
  205.          /pub/unix/
  206.  
  207.    J. plains.nodak.edu [134.129.111.64]
  208.          /pub/appleII/GS/utils/
  209.                      /nonGS/packers/
  210.  
  211.    K. vmd.cso.uiuc.edu [128.174.5.98]
  212.       binhex - cd public.474
  213.       card   - cd public.460
  214.       others - cd public.477
  215.     - NOTE: UUDECODE, UNARJ, ZOO and COMPRESS are originally from
  216.       LISTSERV@BLEKUL11
  217.  
  218.    L. (should be available on all major unix systems including
  219.     wuarchive.wustl.edu in /unix-c/arc-progs)
  220.  
  221.    M. comp.sources.unix archives
  222.          (varies, including wuarchive in /usenet/comp.sources.unix)
  223.  
  224.    N. comp.binaries.ibm.pc archives
  225.          (varies, including wuarchive in /usenet/comp.binaries.ibm.pc)
  226.  
  227.    O. tybalt.caltech.edu [131.215.139.100]
  228.          /pub/apple2/
  229.                     /shrinkits/
  230.  
  231.    P. kuhub.cc.ukans.edu [129.237.1.10]
  232.          /LZW/ 
  233.  
  234.    Q. vmsa.oac.uci.edu [128.200.9.5]
  235.          /
  236.  
  237.    R. terminator.cc.umich.edu [141.211.164.8]
  238.          /atari/archivers/
  239.  
  240.    S. mtsg.ubc.ca [137.82.27.1]
  241.         /os2
  242.  
  243.    T. ab20.larc.nasa.gov [128.155.23.64]
  244.     /amiga/utils/archivers/ 
  245.  
  246.    U. alt.sources archives (available on wuarchive.wustl.edu in
  247.                 /usenet/alt.sources/)
  248.     {LHarc is articles number 2217 and 2218}
  249.  
  250.    Z. Commercial software product - check discount mail order
  251.    software houses, computer stores.
  252.  
  253. NOTES:
  254. Symbols: +   means see the notes below for special information
  255.          -   means that nothing exists to the best of my knowledge
  256.          ?   means that something exists but I do not know the name
  257.              of the program or where to get it
  258.          *   means that e-mail should be sent to lemson@uiuc.edu
  259.              for details/explanation
  260.  
  261. Some uuencode/uudecode programs are able to read xxencode files.
  262.  
  263. VMARC, available with the command "TELL LISTSERV AT RPIECS GET VMARC
  264. PACKAGE" from a CMS machine, will decode any CMS terse program.  The
  265. PC version of terse is a commercial program available from IBM
  266. directly.
  267.  
  268. There is a set of translators that will allow Stuffit Deluxe to read
  269. btoa, UUencoded files, zip, pack, tar, MacBinary, and others.  They are in
  270. sumex-aim.stanford.edu:/info-mac/utils/stuffit-deluxe-translators.hqx.
  271.  
  272. When using tar.exe for PC's, the order of option flags is important.
  273. For extraction, use tar -tvf <filename>.
  274.  
  275. ARC : From SEA, ARC 6.02 is the latest widespread shareware release.
  276.       It is available at A (ux1.cso.uiuc.edu).
  277.       Also, SEA has ARC 7.00, but it is commercial, not shareware.
  278.       
  279. When using binscii.exe for an Apple II, there are different file extensions
  280. depending on the type of file being changed.
  281.  
  282. BinHexed files (with the extension .hqx) can be UnBinHexed with BinHex 4.0 or
  283. Stuffit.  BinHex5.0 format is a MacBinary format, while BinHex 4.0 files
  284. are ASCII format.
  285.  
  286. The files listed are only guaranteed to uncompress/unarchive.
  287. To make a compression/archive, further software may be needed.
  288.  
  289. USAGE NOTES:
  290.  
  291. There are certain "standard" combinations of compression used:
  292.   unix - .tar.Z
  293.          (often this will be .taz for PC's)
  294.   unix - tar.Z.btoa (abbrev. to .TZB sometimes) (aka "tarmail")
  295.  
  296.   mac  - .sit.hqx
  297.        - these must be undone in order starting at the end of the name
  298.  
  299. Sometimes an archive may be self-extracting. These will look like normal
  300. executable programs. Simply run them to undo the archive.
  301.  
  302. LZEXE (PC), PKLITE(PC), Imploder(Amiga), and PowerPacker(Amiga)
  303. are executable compressors.
  304. They compress an executable file and attach an uncompressing header so that
  305. the file can still be executed while in compressed form.
  306. The listed programs for these utilities compress files, in order to uncompress
  307. a file with these types of compression, just execute them.
  308.  
  309. DIET (PC) is a TSR program that compresses and decompresses both
  310. executables and data files as needed.
  311.  
  312.  
  313. DEFINITIVE SOURCES:
  314.  
  315.    PKWARE Support BBS - avaliable 24 hours
  316.      (414) 352-7176
  317.  
  318.    ZOO - author: Rahul Dhesi
  319.          source code in C on Usenet and GEnie's IBM PC Roundtable
  320.  
  321.    ARC - SEA (System Enhancement Associates, Inc.)
  322.          21 New Street
  323.          Wayne, NJ 07470
  324.