🚀 go-pugleaf

In order to make it possible for atari.archive to use zip for YA 
archiving standard, I'll release this port of unzip to the ST.
This should be available soon at atari.archive...

Here's the readme I put with the executable. If you are a programmer
(or at least a good porter), please be sure to read the "What I want
you to do" section.

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Info-ZIP's unzip 50 patchlevel 0
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This is a (poor) port of Info-ZIP's portable PKZIP compatible archive
extractor. Please read this entire document before using the program.



What's good about it
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It's compatible with PKZIP and STZIP (although STZIP doesn't seem to be
able to handle filenames that aren't in 8.3 format, while unzip does.)

It's compatible with Info-ZIP's zip 19 patchlevel 0, so it can be used
to extract zip files made on Unixes or other OS's.

It was compiled with GCC, and the GCC libs. This means it is
Unixmode, MiNT, and extended filesystem aware.



What's not so good about it
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I don't know much about Unix programming, so the port is not as good as
it should probably be. I've tested it some, and it seems to be ok, but
don't trust it too far.



What I want you to do
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If you know enough to port this correctly, __please__ do so. The package
comes with some Atari support, but I think it's a better idea to use GCC
and the GCC libs and pretend it's Unix instead. This allows the above
mentioned advantages of being Unixmode, etc. aware.
Also, it wouldn't hurt to get zip running on the ST's also. I have an
even poorer port of that, but I won't release it because it's too buggy.


Hope this helps someone a little...

        Steven Ourada
        sourada@iastate.edu






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Steven Ourada -- sourada@iastate.edu