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To: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 14:53:28 +0200
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Subject: Re: What features make WinZip a bad idea?
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On 22 Feb 2002 at 23:44, DJ Delorie wrote:

> 
> > What features make using winzip a bad idea?
> 
> Here's the ones I know about:
> 
> * May use long file names even when DJGPP won't (NT)
> 
> * May put each zip file in its own subdirectory instead of the
>   directory you specify.
> 
> * May or may not preserve the directory structure of the zip file.
> 
> pkzip is similar, in that it never uses long file names even when
> DJGPP will.
> 

It's true for pkzip 2.04

pkunzip v4.0 uses long file names at least under Win9X. I haven't tested
under WinNT though. Anyway I usually use INFO-ZIP not pkzip

Andris