Re: Slink-CD (Part III)
On Apr 12, Michael Schmitz wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 12, 1999 at 10:17:01AM -0500, Oleg Krivosheev wrote:
> > In case you missed that point: lha is a file _archiver_, not a compression
> > utility like gzip. gzip can't substitute for lha.
> >
> > then what about ZIP? It is free, it is file _archiver_ just like lha and
> > probably already ported to Amiga...
>
> I've not seen it in the aminet archive, and don't have it for Atari myself
> (though I think it's available). If someone can locate ZIP for Amiga, I'd
> appreciate a URL.
I know I've used both the pkware ZIP and a port of the Unix ZIP on the
Amiga; I can't remember a URL offhand. Try util/arc on an Aminet
mirror.
Anyway, zip and unzip are still non-DFSG-free. OTOH they don't have
the patent issues LHA has.
The UnTGZ someone cited probably isn't free either; at least I haven't
seen source for it. I know Vaporware (http://www.vaporware.com) is
the author, perhaps someone can get more info there... if it IS
DFSG-free, then that's the ideal solution.
Chris
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