Hi Maurice!

> Nov 16 06:50 06, Wulf C. Krueger wrote to Maurice Kinal:
>> Zip has been ported to virtually any platform as free open-source
>> software.

> Just a sec ... nope no zip. 

     I believe he is referring to the info-zip versions of the programs; 
they've been avaialble for quite awhile & are available for multipe
platforms (20, I think)...  I've been using them myself (zip/unzip) since
1992, on OS/2 & DOS;  & continued with 'em (at least on PCs being
used for FTN) when I switched to Linux in 1998.   

     I've been using them with HPT (on both Linux, &  freedos under
dosemu);  &
on Linux, I use the following 'packer' lines:

Unpack          "unzip -j -Loqq $a -d $p $f" 0 504b0304          
             

Pack            zip zip -9 -j -q $a $f                  






Jame

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