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- From: djweisbe@unix.amherst.edu (David Weisberger)
- Subject: Re: File Format Hell: Difference Between PKZIP 1.1, 1.93a, and 2.0?
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- Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 02:27:04 GMT
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- Fuzzy Fox (fox@rei.com) wrote:
- : westes@netcom.com (Will Estes) writes:
- :
- : >My goal is to have an easily exchanged file format between DOS and UNIX.
- : >Can I get to that goal by using ZIP 1.9 and UNZIP 5.0 on UNIX and
- : >PKZIP 1.93a on DOS?
- :
- : Throw away PKUNZIP and just run UnZip on DOS, and everything will run
- : just fine. The only reason I can think of to keep PKUNZIP around is
- : that you might have registered it.
- :
- Another reason would be speed. With ZIP 1.9, the -k option will
- create a file which can be read by PKUNZIP 1.93a.
-
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