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- File README for:
-
- unzip51.zip portable UnZip v5.1 for Unix, VMS, OS/2, MS-DOS, Windows,
- Macintosh, Windows NT, Amiga, TOPS-20, [Atari], [[VM/CMS??]]
- unzip51.zoo same as above, but ZOO format
- unzip51.tar.Z same as above, but compress'd tar format
-
- A public distribution version of the Info-ZIP project's generic UnZip
- utility; xx September 1992.
- [temporary mailing address: zip-bugs@cs.ucla.edu]
-
- __________________________________________________________________________
-
- BEFORE YOU ASK: UnZip, its companion utility Zip, and related utilities
- and support files can be found in many places; read the file "Where" for
- further details. To contact the authors with suggestions, bug reports, or
- fixes, continue reading this file (README) and the file "ZipRules". For
- a list of known bugs and possible future features, read "BUGS". And for a
- commented listing of the files included in the source distribution, read
- "Contents" in said distribution.
-
- ALSO NOTE: Info-ZIP's mailing addresses have CHANGED! See below.
- __________________________________________________________________________
-
-
- This version of UnZip has been ported to a wide array of microcomputers,
- minis, mainframes and supercomputers; and operating systems including
- Unix, VMS, TOPS-20, OS/2, MS-DOS (+ Windows), Windows NT, Amiga, Minix,
- and Macintosh. Although highly compatible with PKWARE's PKZIP and PKUNZIP
- utilities of MS-DOS and OS/2 fame, our primary objectives have been porta-
- bility and other-than-MSDOS functionality. UnZip features not found in
- PKUNZIP include source code; default extraction of directory trees (with
- a switch to defeat this, rather than the reverse); VMS, Macintosh and
- OS/2 extended file attributes; and, of course, the ability to run under
- most of your favorite operating systems. Plus, it's free. :-)
-
- See the main Contents file for a list of what's included. The individual
- operating systems Contents files (e.g., VMS/Contents) may list important
- compilation info in addition to explaining what files are what, so be sure
- to read them if you're not compiling under Unix. Some of the ports have
- their own, special README files, so be sure to look for those, too.
-
- New features in this version include full Amiga and TOPS-20 support, funzip
- ports to OS/2 and ...
-
- See unzip.1 or unzip.doc for usage (or zipinfo.1/zipinfo.doc for ZipInfo
- usage, or funzip.1/funzip.doc--do you sense a pattern here?--for FUnZip
- usage). Unfortunately the VMS versions of these documents are out of date
- now; we hope to correct this soon.
-
- All bug reports and patches (context diffs only, please!) should go to
- zip-bugs@xx.xxxx.edu, and suggestions for new features can be sent to
- info-zip@xx.xxxx.edu (although we don't promise to use all suggestions).
- If it's something which is manifestly useful, sending the required patches
- to zip-bugs directly is likely to produce a quicker response than asking
- us to do it. Those directly responsible for updating the code are somewhat
- short on time these days. If you're considering a port, however, please
- check in with Info-ZIP FIRST, since the code is constantly being updated
- behind the scenes (witness the new Amiga and TOPS-20 ports in this ver-
- sion; VM/CMS and QDOS ports are under construction). We'll arrange to
- send you the latest source. The alternative is the possibility that your
- hard work will be tucked away in a sub-archive and pretty much ignored
- (or maybe just lost).
-
- If you'd like to keep up to date with our UnZip (and companion Zip utility)
- development, join the ranks of beta testers, add your own thoughts and con-
- tributions, etc., send your request to Info-ZIP-Request@xx.xxxx.edu and
- Xxxx Xxxxx will add you to the Info-ZIP newsletter mailing list.
-
- Greg Roelofs (Cave Newt), UnZip maintainer,
- with inspiration from David Kirschbaum
-