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- From: roe2@ellis.uchicago.edu (Cave Newt)
- Subject: PKZIP 2.04c for MS-DOS (!) uploaded
- Message-ID: <1993Jan7.194226.10711@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- Organization: University of Chicago
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- Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 19:42:26 GMT
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- I have uploaded to ftp-os2.nmsu.edu:/pub/uploads/pkz204c.exe the new
- version of PKZIP/PKUNZIP, released on 5 Jan 93. Here's my description
- file:
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Program Description [ PKZ204C.EXE: PKZIP v2.04c for *MS-DOS* ]
-
- Program Source: (PKWARE BBS -> wuarchive -> trusted ftp site -> Greg Roelofs)
- Proposed directory: os2/all/archivers/
-
-
- Notes: See comp.compression for loads of discussion about this file.
-
- This executable is the version which was tested by Vesselin Bontchev
- of the German anti-virus institute (whatever it's called); it *is*
- virus-free, as he has publicly attested, despite the reports of old
- versions of Norton Anti-Virus (2.0 or earlier, which falsely report
- the presence of the Maltese Amoeba virus).
-
- The proper size for this file is 188818 bytes; Unix "sum pkz204c.exe"
- reports "36332 185". Zipping it into another zipfile (e.g., with
- "zip19 test pkz204c.exe") gives a CRC of d864b4ba.
-
- NOTE THAT THIS IS AN MS-DOS PROGRAM!! I uploaded it because a lot of
- folks seem to prefer official PKWARE products over Info-ZIP's UnZip
- (Philistines!! :-b ). This version of PKUNZIP will extract zipfiles
- created by Zip 1.9 (to the best of our knowledge), but it will NOT
- restore any OS/2 extended attributes which have been saved (obviously--
- this is an MS-DOS program, after all). Ya gets what ya asks for...
-
- Note also that several bugs have already been reported, including ones
- with the auto-detection and use of DPMI memory. Therefore, use the -)
- switch when running under OS/2 2.0, at least (and maybe when running
- under 1.x, too). Someone posted more detailed hints in comp.compression.
-
- Finally, note that this version of PKZIP can create files which UnZip
- 5.0 is unable to extract--in particular, the file PKZIP.EXE itself is
- not extractable. A "semi-official" patch to the sources has already
- been posted to comp.compression by Mark Adler (author of the inflate
- routine); look for a more official patch plus new executables, etc., to
- be available sometime next week (10-16 Jan 93), with luck. This patch
- release will NOT in all likelihood handle multi-part archives.
-
- Greg Roelofs
- Info-ZIP
-