From:	"Florian Xaver" <dos DOT fire AT aon DOT at>
To:	<opendos AT delorie DOT com>
Subject:	Re: PKZIP 2.50 for DOS
Date:	Tue, 14 Nov 2000 08:32:44 +0100
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INFOZIP has LFN support, because it is compiled with DJGPP!

bye, florian

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-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: Alain <alainm AT pobox DOT com>
An: opendos AT delorie DOT com <opendos AT delorie DOT com>
Datum: Samstag, 11. November 2000 00:37
Betreff: Re: PKZIP 2.50 for DOS


>Another NO for Info-Zip:
>
>no LFN support!
>
>Alain
>
>>Well, yes and no.
>>
>>Yes, because it's free and (IIRC) open-source.
>>
>>No, because it doesn't support that compression
>>type that Unisys has a patent on (LZW?), so I
>>guess it won't decompress a file using this.
>>
>>Also, no because it *still* (last time I checked !!!)
>>doesn't support floppy disk spawning (have I got
>>that terminology right ... ?).
>>
>>Joe.
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Florian Xaver [SMTP:dos DOT fire AT aon DOT at]
>>> Sent: Saturday, 11 November 2000 4:53
>>> To: opendos AT delorie DOT com
>>> Subject: Re:       PKZIP 2.50 for DOS
>>>
>>> Another, better solution is to use INFOZIP. You can find it at
>>> www.opus.co.tt/dave/.
>>>
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