X-Authentication-Warning:	delorie.com: mailnull set sender to djgpp-bounces using -f
From:	pavenis AT lanet DOT lv
To:	DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Date:	Mon, 25 Feb 2002 14:53:28 +0200
MIME-Version:	1.0
Subject:	Re: What features make WinZip a bad idea?
Message-ID:	<3C7A4FE8.24184.473AE4@localhost>
In-reply-to:	<200202230444.g1N4iSM26427@envy.delorie.com>
References:	<u7e2kic9udife3 AT corp DOT supernews DOT com> (cprogrammer AT thex DOT net)
X-mailer:	Pegasus Mail for Windows (v4.01)
Reply-To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Errors-To:	nobody AT delorie DOT com
X-Mailing-List:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
X-Unsubscribes-To:	listserv AT delorie DOT com

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

- Raw text -