Re: (U) Re: UNZIP program for VM?

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From: Richard W Wiggins
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 1992 02:26

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>Zipping and Vmarc are two different programs that do two different but
>similiar things.    The versions of PKZip that I have used on PC's will
>just compress a file so that it takes up less space when been used as
>a back up or when the file is sent around bulletin boards.

Not sure what PKZIP you have, but this simply isn't true.  PKZIP
offers compression (with a couple flavors) of multiple files into
a single ZIP file.  Not only is it analogous to ARC, it has its roots
in an ARC-compatible tool called PKARC.  I have used PKZIP  to move
hundreds of megabytes of data via floppy, often w/ >1 file per ZIP file.

/Rich Wiggins, Michigan State U

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Subject:      Re: (U) Re: UNZIP program for VM?
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