To: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject: Re: GZIP
From: alane AT wozzle DOT linet DOT org (J. Alan Eldridge)
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 93 19:07:51 EST
Organization: Disorganization

DJ Delorie <src4src!mcdhup!rutgers!express.ctron.com!dj> writes:

> >     Just a stupid question... Is djgpp going to be released in gzip format?
> > Is a gzip file compatible with a pkzip file? What about the new pkzip? I

> I will continue to use pkzip to produce djgpp's zip files, only
> because then I don't have to change my packaging scripts.  If gzip can
> unzip them (I think it can) then you will be able to use gzip to unzip
> them.

No ... gzip is like "compress" only it uses zip's compression method.
It will _not_ do .zip files. If you want a Un*x compatible zip, look
into the ZIP and UNZIP produced by the Info-ZIP project. Look for
something with a name like unzip50* or zip19*.



alane AT wozzle DOT linet DOT org (J. Alan Eldridge)
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