Date: Tue, 3 Feb 1998 14:01:15 +0100
From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
Message-Id: <199802031301.OAA12351@acp3bf.physik.rwth-aachen.de>
To: eldredge AT ap DOT net (Nate Eldredge)
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: unzip/zip lib or sourcecode
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Organization: RWTH Aachen, III. physikalisches Institut B
Precedence: bulk

In article <199802030521 DOT VAA07693 AT adit DOT ap DOT net> you wrote:
[...]
> I think there is also a library somewhere called
> `zlib' which uses an incompatible compression scheme to `zip'. Also it is
> written for Unix, but may be portable.

At the contrary, if I'm not totally mistaken: 'zlib', uses not only a
compatible, but exactly the *same* scheme as pkzip,zip,gzip and the
PNG graphics file format.


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