From:	Aaron Schweiger <Aaron_Schweiger AT Brown DOT Edu>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Long filenames and pkunzip
Date:	Sat, 12 Jul 1997 20:45:55 -0400
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Jon Berry wrote:

> More importantly, I've found that our pkunzip itself didn't unzip
> djgpp with long filename support - it simply truncated filenames.  The
>
> first time I got bitten was when I tried to include strstream.h
> (now strstrea.h).  I was surprised not to see this in the faq; does
> pkunzip usually unzip files with long names correctly on Win95?  I
> used "pkunzip -d <file>.zip."  Perhaps I have an old version of the
> command?
>         Jon Berry

Presumably, you have pkunzip 2.04g - I believe this is the newest
command line version of the pkzip software available.  However, it was
written for dos, hence there is little long file name support.
(Personally, I am surprised it does not choke all together.)
Shareware.com lists a pkunzip replacement, unzip.exe, which is fully
compatible (I think) with pkunzip 2.04g, but supports long file names
and works at the command prompt.  Of course, there are plenty of windows
unzippers with long filename support, but I like the old command
line....

The unzip program is by Info-ZIP.  The authors can be contacted at:
zip-bugs AT wkuvx1 DOT wku DOT edu.  Portions of the program were written by S. H.
Smith.
(I got this off the help screen...)

I hope this helps.
Aaron Schweiger

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