Re: Compression Utilities

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From: Manfred Bartz
Date: Fri, 07 Mar 1997 00:00

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Hans McKay <st9530d1@echidna.stu.cowan.edu.au> writes:

> Does anyone know of any compression utilities that are cross compatible
> between MS-DOS and UNIX.. 
> eg. Is there a PKUNZIP for UNIX or a GZIP or something for DOS??
> I would appreciate any help..

gzip and gunzip are compatible with pkzip and pkunzip compression
formats. However, the behaviour is different. gxxxx will replace the
existing file with the (un)compressed file as appropriate, pkxxxx will
create a new file, leaving the existing one (on default).
Also, the behaviour may be different with regard to sub-directories -
read the man-page.
-- 
Manfred Bartz <mbartz@werple.net.au>

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