I am currently looking at the new multi-platform ZIP as a good
standard file archiver for all common computer systems. It seems
to support all command-line systems. It may or may not yet support
Macintosh (and other event-loop systems).
Source for the new multi-platform Zip, it's companion program Unzip,
and for ZOO version 2.10 can be found at many ftp archives, including
ftp.bio.indiana.edu, currently in the Incoming/ folder:
-rw-r--r-- 1 gilbertd 200 116165 Oct 16 00:07 unzip-4.1.tar.Z
-rw-r--r-- 1 gilbertd 200 186591 Oct 16 00:07 zip-1.0-export.tar.Z
-rw-r--r-- 1 gilbertd 200 246115 Oct 16 00:07 zoo-2.10.tar.Z
At the archive wuarchive.wustl.edu, see the packages/compression/ folder
(these are in unix standard tar + compress formats).
These source archives include instructions for building the programs
on all the common command-line systems if you have a C compiler. I
will probably start collecting ZIP executables for the various systems
also.
-- Don
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Don Gilbert gilbert at bio.indiana.edu
biocomputing office, biology dept., indiana univ., bloomington, in 47405
