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Hi,
may be I'm missing some thing. Why with winzip so readily available would anyone other than
Linux people need gzip? and why do we have bzip?
The latest winzip I seem to remember seeing tar and gzip whizzing past as I installed it. I
think it can even uncompress a unix compressed file. I do not want to be critical just curious as
to how all these gnu ports fit into the big picture.
Regards Ian.
Juan Manuel Guerrero wrote:
> This is a port of Bzip2 1.0.2 to MSDOS/DJGPP.
> =============================================
>
> bzip2 is a compressor/decompressor program with
> generally considerably better compression rate than
> that achieved by more conventional LZ77/LZ78-based
> compressors.
> The command-line options are deliberately very similar
> to those of GNU gzip, but they are not identical.
>
> The port consists of the usual three packages that can be downloaded
> from simtel.net and mirrors as (timestamp: 2002-05-21):
>
> Bzip2 1.0.2 binary, info and man format documentation:
> http://www.simtel.net/gnudlpage.php?product=/gnu/djgpp/v2apps/bz2-102b.zip&name=bz2-102b.zip
>
> Bzip2 1.0.2 dvi, html and ps format documentation:
> http://www.simtel.net/gnudlpage.php?product=/gnu/djgpp/v2apps/bz2-102d.zip&name=bz2-102d.zip
>
> Bzip2 1.0.2 source:
> http://www.simtel.net/gnudlpage.php?product=/gnu/djgpp/v2apps/bz2-102s.zip&name=bz2-102s.zip
>
> For information about bzip2 see:
> http://sourceware.redhat.com/bzip2/
>
> Install the archive(s) like any other DJGPP package described
> in the DJGPP FAQ, which means, copy them to the root directory
> of your DJGPP installation tree, let's say to c:/djgpp, and
> unzip there the archive preserving the directory structure.
> After that PLEASE READ the file:
> djgpp/readme
> which will be located then in the directory contrib/bzip2-1.0-2/
> which will describe more details.
>
> Regards
> Guerrero, Juan Manuel <st001906 AT hrz1 DOT hrz DOT tu-darmstadt DOT de>
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Hi,
<br> may be I'm missing some thing. Why with winzip
so readily available would anyone other than Linux people need gzip? and
why do we have bzip?
<p> The latest winzip I seem to remember seeing tar and
gzip whizzing past as I installed it. I think it can even uncompress
a unix compressed file. I do not want to be critical just curious
as to how all these gnu ports fit into the big picture.
<p> Regards Ian.
<p>Juan Manuel Guerrero wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>This is a port of Bzip2 1.0.2 to MSDOS/DJGPP.
<br>=============================================
<p> bzip2 is a compressor/decompressor program with
<br>generally considerably better compression rate than
<br>that achieved by more conventional LZ77/LZ78-based
<br>compressors.
<br>The command-line options are deliberately very similar
<br>to those of GNU gzip, but they are not identical.
<p>The port consists of the usual three packages that can be downloaded
<br>from simtel.net and mirrors as (timestamp: 2002-05-21):
<p> Bzip2 1.0.2 binary, info and man format documentation:
<br> <a href="http://www.simtel.net/gnudlpage.php?product=/gnu/djgpp/v2apps/bz2-102b.zip&name=bz2-102b.zip">http://www.simtel.net/gnudlpage.php?product=/gnu/djgpp/v2apps/bz2-102b.zip&name=bz2-102b.zip</a>
<p> Bzip2 1.0.2 dvi, html and ps format documentation:
<br> <a href="http://www.simtel.net/gnudlpage.php?product=/gnu/djgpp/v2apps/bz2-102d.zip&name=bz2-102d.zip">http://www.simtel.net/gnudlpage.php?product=/gnu/djgpp/v2apps/bz2-102d.zip&name=bz2-102d.zip</a>
<p> Bzip2 1.0.2 source:
<br> <a href="http://www.simtel.net/gnudlpage.php?product=/gnu/djgpp/v2apps/bz2-102s.zip&name=bz2-102s.zip">http://www.simtel.net/gnudlpage.php?product=/gnu/djgpp/v2apps/bz2-102s.zip&name=bz2-102s.zip</a>
<p>For information about bzip2 see:
<br> <a href="http://sourceware.redhat.com/bzip2/">http://sourceware.redhat.com/bzip2/</a>
<p>Install the archive(s) like any other DJGPP package described
<br>in the DJGPP FAQ, which means, copy them to the root directory
<br>of your DJGPP installation tree, let's say to c:/djgpp, and
<br>unzip there the archive preserving the directory structure.
<br>After that PLEASE READ the file:
<br> djgpp/readme
<br>which will be located then in the directory contrib/bzip2-1.0-2/
<br>which will describe more details.
<p>Regards
<br>Guerrero, Juan Manuel <st001906 AT hrz1 DOT hrz DOT tu-darmstadt DOT de></blockquote>
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