cross-platform compression?

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5 total messages Started by Ian Ferris Sat, 13 Apr 1996 04:48

#2170

Author: Ian Ferris
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 1996 04:48

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Is there a file compression/decompression tool that can be used
across platforms?  For instance, I might want to compress source
code on a UNIX machine or PC and uncompress it on an Amiga, or
vice-versa.

If there is such a tool, where can (source code for) it be found?

Thanks in advance for any information.

Re: cross-platform compression?

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Author: Blitter
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 1996 06:33

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Ian Ferris (sb03678@dsa.dsa.dassault.com) wrote:
: Is there a file compression/decompression tool that can be used
: across platforms?  For instance, I might want to compress source
: code on a UNIX machine or PC and uncompress it on an Amiga, or
: vice-versa.

: If there is such a tool, where can (source code for) it be found?

: Thanks in advance for any information.

 .zip, .lhz/.lha, .tar.gz  All available for Unix, Amiga and PC. I use 
all three on my Amiga and shell account. Look in util/arc on Aminet.

 
-- 
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Re: cross-platform compression?

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Author: Jonathan Gapen
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 1996 08:09

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In article <4knbno$q11@news.cerf.net> sb03678@dsa.dsa.dassault.com (Ian Ferris) writes:
> Is there a file compression/decompression tool that can be used
> across platforms?  For instance, I might want to compress source
> code on a UNIX machine or PC and uncompress it on an Amiga, or
> vice-versa.
> 
> If there is such a tool, where can (source code for) it be found?

   GZIP fits the bill.  It is distributed under the GNU Public License, as far
as I know, and many people have already ported it to Amiga, MS-DOS, UNIX, and
many others.

-- 
Jonathan Gapen (innuendo@execpc.com)
Bread in, toast out. How does it DO that?

Re: cross-platform compression?

#2180

Author: Alex Matulich 03T1
Date: Sun, 14 Apr 1996 13:54

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Ian Ferris <sb03678@dsa.dsa.dassault.com> wrote:
>Is there a file compression/decompression tool that can be used
>across platforms?  For instance, I might want to compress source
>code on a UNIX machine or PC and uncompress it on an Amiga, or
>vice-versa.

Zip and Unzip work across all platforms.  Source is available from

ftp://ftp.uu.net/usenet/comp.sources.misc/volume31/zip19/  (for zip)
ftp://ftp.uu.net/usenet/comp.sources.misc/volume44/unzip/  (for unzip)

I think they come in several parts, SHAR format (i.e. you need the unix
Bourne shell to extract them.

The LHA archiver also exists on unix, PC, and Amiga.  So does Zoo.

-Alex

Re: cross-platform compression?

#2200

Author: Roland Bengtsson
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1996 16:40

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 >:The LHA archiver also exists on unix, PC, and Amiga.  So does Zoo.

Do you or anyone know where I can find a LHA-(un)archiver for PC
that handles lh5?

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