Re: [SLUG] Making ZIP executables in Linux.

From: edoc (kd4e@arrl.net)
Date: Fri Aug 31 2001 - 11:59:05 EDT


There is an awesome compression utility called DjVu at
 http://www.djvu.com/ ... blows away the rest in compression
effectiveness.

Don't know why it isn't being used more ... it is Linux-native!
(Sure, Zip is more common ... but ..)

Doc

> Your best bet is PKZIP for UNIX, which is the standard that all .zip
> compressions are based on: http://www.pkware.com/downloads/pkzipu251d.html
> The downside being that PKZIP is shareware and I believe it requires
> registration to create self-extracting zipfiles.
> Matt
>
>
> I noticed that zip on linux can create a zipped file with a password. But
> does anyone know if it or any other software can make a zip file
executable
> so that when Win blow users click on it it will automatically open it?



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