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Article #3635Serious PKZip 2.04 Bug - Beware
From: Ron Dippold
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 19:09
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 19:09
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Another bug has shown up in PKZ204C (I can't believe how buggy this is), confirmed by several people (including on CompuServe) and tried by me. If you backup your hard disk with the "-&" option you may lose some of your data. If the very last file compressed spans two floppy disks, it will not decompress correctly. If there is an additional file at the end, it seems to work fine. Given all the bugs, I'd strongly suggest doing a "pkunzip -t" on anything important you make. -- People have one thing in common: They are all different.
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Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.archives.msdos.d,comps.sys.ibm.pc.misc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!usc!sdd.hp.com!network.ucsd.edu!qualcom.qualcomm.com!cancun!rdippold From: rdippold@cancun.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold) Subject: Serious PKZip 2.04 Bug - Beware Message-ID: <rdippold.726520166@cancun> Sender: news@qualcomm.com Nntp-Posting-Host: cancun.qualcomm.com Organization: Qualcomm, Inc., San Diego, CA Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 19:09:26 GMT Lines: 13