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Article #1022Re: A NEW tar&compress FRONTEND....
From: Michael Glenn
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 01:15
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 01:15
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In article <1992Aug11.204524.117926@zeus.calpoly.edu> mneideng@thidwick.acs.calpoly.edu (Mark Neidengard) writes: > In article <92224.140741JTRQC@CUNYVM.BITNET> JTRQC@CUNYVM.BITNET writes: > >A new tar & compress front end has been uploaded to sonata.cc.purdue.edu it's > >called tarZan the file is located in /pub/next/submissions > > the files to get are tarZan.tar.Z & tarZan.readme > >check it out and please report any and all bugs and stuff you want added!! > > This is all very well and good for people who use tar and compress (most of > the world) but you might wanna check out the new versions of the Unix zip > and unzip (1.80g and 5.0m, respectively) which support the deflate algorithm. > These programs are THE tightest unix compression available....MUCH more so > than the Unix compress. They can be gotten at gate.gnu.ai.mit.edu via > anonymous ftp. You should be able to get them and compile on the NeXT.. > > Mark Neidengard > mneideng@cosmos.acs.calpoly.edu It is better than lha? By how much? Lha seems to do an amazing job...and is extrememly user friendly to use. fermat@fermat.dartmouth.edu
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!sun-barr!cs.utexas.edu!usc!rpi!bu.edu!dartvax!news From: fermat@fermat.dartmouth.edu (Michael Glenn) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc Subject: Re: A NEW tar&compress FRONTEND.... Message-ID: <1992Aug12.011511.12911@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> Date: 12 Aug 92 01:15:11 GMT References: <1992Aug11.204524.117926@zeus.calpoly.edu> Sender: news@dartvax.dartmouth.edu (The News Manager) Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH Lines: 28