Mail Archives: djgpp/1996/11/10/20:41:49
On Sat, 9 Nov 1996, Chris Waters wrote:
[...]
> [infozip] unzip zipfile
> [pkzip] pkunzip -d zipfile
> [tar+gzip] gunzip -c tarfile.gz | tar -xf -
> or gunzip tarfile.gz <enter> tar -xf tarfile
>
> For ease of use in unpacking djgpp, I'd say Info-zip wins (it's almost
> intuitive), followed by PKZip, followed by tar+gzip, the most confusing.
> This isn't even counting GUI-based packages like Winzip. Most of the
> features of PKZip are irrelevant to the average user. And zip, at
> least, doesn't default to using the tape drive!! :-)
[...]
this isn't exactly right. you forgot GNU tar, which can do all of the
things PKZIP/InfoZIP does and more, so the argument that you have to tar
and gunzip separately doesn't apply (besides, your tar+gzip example above
wouldn't work under MSDOG with its crappy "pipe" ..haha.. facility).
[GNU tar] tar -zxvf aaa_base.tgz
it's true that the only UNIX i've seen with a default GNU tar is Linux,
but it's so much better than AT&T tar that on the machines I use (Solaris,
IRIX) i've replaced the default tar with GNU tar.
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