file compression/archiving
mjones at ux1.cso.uiuc.edu
mjones at ux1.cso.uiuc.edu
Tue Aug 28 03:15:00 AEST 1990
For general information: please feel free to send additional information,
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This file is maintained by Mike Jones (mjones at ux1.cso.uiuc.edu).
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FILE COMPRESSION, ARCHIVING, AND TEXT<->BINARY FORMATS
Last Update: 08/27/90 Operating System/Unpackaging Program
NAME File PC * Mac * Unix * VM/CMS * Amiga *
Extension
abe ? abe.exe O - abe O - -
afio - - - afio ? - -
ar (any) - - ar L - -
ARC .ARC arc600.exe A ArcMac1.3c A arc521 I arcutil K Arc 0.23 Aa
BinHex .Hqx ? ? BinHex5.0 A mcvert B binhex K -
BOO .BOO msbpct.exe G ? ? - - -
msbmkb.exe
btoa (any)btoa O - btoa L - compress Ab
Bundle .bndl - Bundle E - - -
CardDump(any) - - - card K -
compact .C - - compact L - -
Compac-
tor ? - Compactor ? - - -
compress.Z comprs16.arc F MacCompress3.2A compress L compress K compress Ac
cpio ? pax2exe.zip H - ? ? - -
Crunch ? - - - arcutil K -
Disk-
Doubler ? - DiskDoubler ? - - -
DWC .DWC dwc-a501.exe B - - - -
FPack (any) ? ? FPack2.2 A ? ? - -
HPACK .HPK ? * ? * ? * ? * ? *
Larc .LZS larc333.zip B - - - -
LHarc .LZH lh113.exe A ? ? lharc10 I - LHarc Ad
LHWarp ? - - - - Lhwarp Ae
LU (LAR).LBR lue220.arc B - lar ? arcutil K -
LZSS ? ? ? ? ? - - -
MDCD .MD mdcd10.arc B - - - -
PackIt .pit UnPackIt ? PackIt3.1.3 A unpit ? - -
PAK .PAK pak210.exe A ? ? arc521 I - -
PKPAK .ARC pk361.exe A ArcMac1.3c A arc521 I arcutil K PKAX ?
PKZIP .ZIP pkz110.exe B UnZip1.02c D unzip306 I - PKAZip Af
Power-
Packer ? - - - - PowerPacker? -
Scrunch .COM scrnch.arc B - - - -
shell - .shar
archive unshar.arc I UnShar2.0 D shar L - UnShar Ag
Shrink-
ToFit .stf - STF1.2 A - - -
SPL ? - ? ? - - -
Squash .ARC squash.arc B - - - -
Squeeze .xQx sqpc12a.com H ? ? ? ? arcutil K Sq.Usq Ah
StuffIt .Sit mactopc.xxx ? StuffIt1.5.1 A unsit ? - -
tar .tar pdtar.exe C UnTar2.0 D tar L - TarSplit Ai
tarread.arc I
pax.zoo J
terse (any)terse K - - terse K -
uuencode.UUE (various) F UMCP-Tools1.0 ? uuencode L arcutil K uudecode Aj
Warp ? - - - - WarpUtil Ak
xxencode.XXE ? ? - ? N xxencode K -
ZOO .ZOO zoo201.exe A MacBooz2.1 D zoo201 I zoo K amigazoo A
WHERE TO GET THEM:
A. ux1 /pub
/pub/amiga
a ff070 b ff051 c ff051 d ff312 e ff305 f ff311 g ff345
h ff051 i ff053 j ff092 k ff243
B. wuarchive.wustl.edu (NFS mounted on uxa and mrcnext)
C. omnigate.clarkson.edu /pub/ncsa2.2tn
D. sumex-aim.stanford.edu /info-mac/util
E. uunet.uu.net
F. grape.ecs.clarkson.edu - see the file 'allfiles'
G. watsun.cc.columbia.edu
H. wsmr-simtel20.army.mil
I. pc.usl.edu /pub/unix
J. plains.nodak.edu
K. vmd.cso.uiuc.edu
card - cd public.474
terse - cd public.460
others - cd public.477
L. (should be available on all major unix systems)
M. comp.sources.unix archives
N LISTSERV at BLEKUL11.BITNET mail server
O. comp.binaries.ibm.pc archive sites
NOTES:
Symbols: - means that nothing exists to the best of my knowledge
? means that something exists but I do not know the name
of the program or where to get it
* means that e-mail should be sent to mjones at ux1.cso.uiuc.edu
for details/explanation
Some uuencode/uudecode programs are able to read xxencode files.
The files listed are only guaranteed to uncompress/unarchive.
To make a compression/archive, further software may be needed.
USAGE NOTES:
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