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	Delorie on Fri, 22 Feb 2002 23:44:28 -0500)
Subject: Re: What features make WinZip a bad idea?
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> Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 23:44:28 -0500
> From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
> 
> * May use long file names even when DJGPP won't (NT)
> 
> * May put each zip file in its own subdirectory instead of the
>   directory you specify.
> 
> * May or may not preserve the directory structure of the zip file.

One other ``feature'' is that WinZip converts text files to DOS CR-LF
format.  That could wreak havoc on some semi-ASCII files.