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Re: A NEW tar&compress FRONTEND....

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From: Michael Glenn
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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