From: babcock AT shell1 DOT cybercom DOT net (Robert Babcock)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Why not to use 'tar' before packing DJGPP?
Date: 8 Nov 1996 22:44:26 -0500
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mert0407 AT sable DOT ox DOT ac DOT uk (George Foot) writes:

>If the proposition is to tar the source, then zip it up, why not tar it, 
>then zip it along with untar.exe (or whatever) and instructions?

If the goal is to shrink the distribution files without requiring the
use of a utility which may not be easily available to DOS users, you
could first make uncompressed ZIP files, then compress those.