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- From: ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.archives.msdos.d,comps.sys.ibm.pc.misc
- Subject: Re: Default PKZIP 204c parameters
- Message-ID: <1993Jan9.185706.4950@uwasa.fi>
- Date: 9 Jan 93 18:57:06 GMT
- References: <rdippold.726520166@cancun> <1993Jan9.182909.25326@ra.msstate.edu>
- Organization: University of Vaasa, Finland
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- In article <1993Jan9.182909.25326@ra.msstate.edu> jdz1@Ra.MsState.Edu (John D. Zitterkopf) writes:
- > Doesn't the new pkzip even with it's problems still compress files
- >so that they are compatiable with the older version {1.10?}? Won't the problems
- >only come from using the eXtra compression switch? The reason I ask is becuase
- >of the possible problems on the FTP sites... How will we be able to determine
- >what version was used to "pack" the archive?
-
- Use the old versions for testing. For example like this:
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- On Unix first get
- 249039 Nov 23 11:38 garbo.uwasa.fi:/unix/goldies/unzip42.tar.Z
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- Then apply unzip -t file.zip
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- If there are no problems, then the file.zip is PKZIP 1.10
- compatible. Simple as that.
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- All the best, Timo
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- Prof. Timo Salmi Co-moderator of comp.archives.msdos.announce
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