Re: compressor/archiver

Posted in 1994

Doug Mason — 1 Jul 1994 22:10:34 GMT — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

In article <CsA1sM.Bu1@wetware.com>, Scott Ellard <cse@wetware.com> wrote: >I need a file compressor/archiver that works portably >under DOS/WINDOWS, and most major UNIX flavors. Files >compressed/archived under WINDOWS must be decompressed/ >unarchived under UNIX as well as the other way, UNIX >to DOS/WINDOWS. (Blobs will ultimately be used for >storage of these compressed/archived files.) Plain 'ol PKZIP/PKUNZIP for Dos/Windows is totally potable with the Unix version of ZIP/UNZIP. I use it all the time and it probably compresses better than any other program. --Doug -- Doug Mason, Windows Czar Informix Software, Inc. dmason@informix.com Menlo Park, Ca 94025 +01 415.926.6917