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Subject: Re: What features make WinZip a bad idea?
Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2002 14:56:54 -0700
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"David Gravereaux" <davygrvy AT pobox DOT com> wrote in message
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> "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> wrote:
>
> >> 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.

There is something that sound important.  How would I know, if that
converstion
took place?  And what "havoc" could it wreak?

>
> I think that's a settable option with tar file exploding.

I think that most options/"features" are "settable".

> What irks me is that you can't delete a directory name and don't know it
exists
> because it doesn't display it.  It only displays files.  So you insert
a/b.txt,

Im not sure that im following you here, because I see the directory names in
the
version of winzip that I use. (Ver. 8.0).   I just recently switched from
v2.70, and
I was able to see all the directories in the winzip window in that version.

> then decide to delete it and a/ is still in there hidden from view.

I have never tried to delete a directory, while the files are still
compressed.
I'll have to try this and see what happens.


William