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From: "David Cantrell" <david AT diablo DOT eimages DOT co DOT uk>
To: opendos AT delorie DOT com
Date: Mon, 7 Apr 1997 10:54:27 +0000
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Subject: Re: Interactive shells Re: 32bit BIOS
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> > > write specialized programs for common archivers like ZIP/ARJ/RAR/LHA.
> >
> > TGZ! Don't forget .tar.gz archives! It _is_ common archiver!
> 
> I have yet to see any major software, commercial or otherwise, or
> even any shareware software, freeware or public domain software
> released using TGZ in DOS.  I'm sure that somewhere out there is
> an example program that exists for the sole purpose of proving me
> wrong, however it fails miserably at doing so because this is the
> real world and we know that NO-ONE distributes programs for DOS
> using TGZ.  No sane person anyway.  Besides when is the last time
> you saw a DOS filename with two dots ('.') in the filename?  :o)

Agreed, no-one distributes DOS software as .tar.gz without also 
providing the opportunity to download it in a .zip.  However, I often 
find that .tar.gz files are smaller than the corresponding .zip, so 
use them for my own archives.  I expect many other people do too.

-- David Cantrell, http://www.eimages.co.uk/users/davidc/

The meek shall inherit the earth -
and the bold will go to the stars