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From: | "W Thex" <cprogrammer AT thex DOT net> |
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Subject: | Re: What features make WinZip a bad idea? |
Date: | Sat, 23 Feb 2002 14:59:50 -0700 |
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"Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> wrote in message news:1659-Sat23Feb2002113915+0200-eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il... > > From: David Gravereaux <davygrvy AT pobox DOT com> > > Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp > > Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2002 08:31:00 GMT > > > > > >One other ``feature'' is that WinZip converts text files to DOS CR-LF > > >format. That could wreak havoc on some semi-ASCII files. > > > > I think that's a settable option with tar file exploding. > > AFAIK, _all_ of the misfeatures mentioned in this thread are > settable; the problem is that many users are unaware of the dnagers > in having them set, and also because the default settings seem to > be--how should I put it--suboptimal. Bravo! I guess this is what I was thinking all along. However I did not know if there where options, that where "dangerous" or not. And if there were dangers, I felt like I should learn about them so that I dont stumble on them in the future. Thanks, William
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