-=> Quoting Bob Lawrence to John Tserkezis <=-

Hello Bob,

 BL> You miss the point. The PK header is handled by PKUNZIP, inside the
 BL> unzipper. You only have to ope nthe file once, read the header to
 BL> identify it, and then get on with unzipping. I don't care what they
 BL> use as a header, as long as the compress program handles it... which
 BL> this dopey UNI-wanker doesn't.

 BL> This way, you have to open the file, read the header, and then write
 BL> the entire file to copy it, then close it, then open it and decompress
 BL> it having decided the correct decompressor. This is totally stupid!
 BL> You end up reading the entire file twice.
 
 I'm not sure how this is handled in unix, but it works there.

 JT> If you have a de-compresser that can't work with it, it was
 JT> probably not designed with mail in mind. 

 BL> Neither compress 320, gzip, nor zip  handle it... they're the three
 BL> that were designed with mail in mind.

 Ok, in that case I agree, they're all fucked.  What can be done to "fix"
the problem?  Is there any PD source available on the decompression methods?

John Tserkezis, Sydney, Oz. Fidonet: 3:712/610  Internet: jt{at}suburbia.com.au

... You'll need to know my name, you'll be screaming it later.
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