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to: JONATHAN DE BOYNE POLLARD
from: CHARLES GAEFKE
date: 1997-01-29 00:10:00
subject: Re: Backup Software

JD>   Interesting.  From past experience with other similar occasions, I 
ould
JD>   expect most people to stick with Info-ZIP, on the basis that it is 
ree,
JD>   it supports 32-bit OS/2, EAs, long filenames, has pretty sensible
JD>   command-line defaults (over the years I have heard many comments that
JD>   defaulting to extract with full pathnames is "much more sensible"), and
JD>   works just fine.
    I disagree.  I don't like Info-ZIP's unzip.  It has strange parameters.  
I'm a beta tester for PKZIP/2, and it is 32-bit, supports EAs, have long 
filenames, and has VERY nice command line options.
C. Gaefke
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