DOS ain't dead

p7zip p7zip p7zip ... (Announce)

posted by Rugxulo , Usono, 28.07.2010, 02:28

> > I agree ... almost. Sure, I think this is a PKUNZIP bug,
> As above NOT a bug just extra validation required by some end users.

Then it should ask if you want to ignore and proceed anyways.

> > *sigh* I have no idea why some companies do the things they do.
> The people who knew about them retire/move on. Bottom line: support
> costs.

I heavily doubt they "support" it at all. In fact, I'm pretty sure they don't. I've noticed other companies charging more for DOS tools also. Strange that a "dead, useless" OS is so lucrative.

> Yes, I agree RAR and .7Z are excellent but the the majority of people
> even in the days when DOS was popular were already widely using .ZIP which
> remains common to this day. However note if I release something for Linux
> I would use gzip.

Jim Leonard loved RAR for a while (probably still does), esp. old 16-bit version (3.50 ??). RAR is good and still supported, but I've never used it. At least UNRAR exists (which, dare I say it, should be a prerequisite for any new formats ... must be able to unpack!).

Don't use .gz just because of Linux. Or if you do, use 7-Zip's improved Deflate (directly or via AdvanceComp's advdef), it gets better results.
Besides, at least official "GNU" gzip can handle a .tar.zip file if it's renamed to .gz. And most (all?) Linux / *BSD distros support bzip2, which is superior compression. The Elvis text editor dude hacked up a portable, "public domain" UNTAR.C program that will unpack .tar or .gz, which is cool. *BSD tar uses its own gzip.

But anyways, yes, *nix doesn't usually include Info-Zip, which is annoying. (It really shouldn't be hard to make a small tool to convert a file from inside a .ZIP <-> .GZ, and I've honestly been wanting to write one for some time. Bah, too lazy.)

Complete thread:

• cdrtools_from_Schily - david, 21.07.2010, 21:20 (Announce)
  • cdrtools_from_Schily - Arjay, 21.07.2010, 21:59
    • cdrtools_from_Schily - Rugxulo, 21.07.2010, 22:32
      • cdrtools_from_Schily - Arjay, 21.07.2010, 23:13
        • cdrtools_from_Schily - Rugxulo, 22.07.2010, 01:04
          • cdrtools_from_Schily | NTLFN problem of 7-ZIP | 7-ZIP vs ZIP - DOS386, 23.07.2010, 07:19
            • cdrtools_from_Schily | NTLFN problem of 7-ZIP | 7-ZIP vs ZIP - david, 23.07.2010, 21:10
              • cdrtools_from_Schily | NTLFN problem of 7-ZIP | 7-ZIP vs ZIP - DOS386, 24.07.2010, 12:06
                • cdrtools_from_Schily | NTLFN problem of 7-ZIP | 7-ZIP vs ZIP - david, 24.07.2010, 15:28
                  • cdrtools_from_Schily | NTLFN problem of 7-ZIP | 7-ZIP vs ZIP - DOS386, 24.07.2010, 15:34
              • cdrtools_from_Schily | NTLFN problem of 7-ZIP | 7-ZIP vs ZIP - Rugxulo, 24.07.2010, 19:56
                • cdrtools_from_Schily | NTLFN problem of 7-ZIP | 7-ZIP vs ZIP - Zyzzle, 24.07.2010, 22:51
                  • cdrtools_from_Schily | NTLFN problem of 7-ZIP | 7-ZIP vs ZIP - Rugxulo, 24.07.2010, 23:44
                    • cdrtools_from_Schily | NTLFN problem of 7-ZIP | 7-ZIP vs ZIP - DOS386, 25.07.2010, 06:33
                      • cdrtools_from_Schily | NTLFN problem of 7-ZIP | 7-ZIP vs ZIP - Zyzzle, 25.07.2010, 12:26
                        • fixing p7zip 4.65 to make .ZIP use DOS, not Unix, as host OS - Rugxulo, 27.07.2010, 01:59
                          • fixing p7zip 4.65 to make .ZIP use DOS, not Unix, as host OS - DOS386, 27.07.2010, 02:38
                          • fixing p7zip 4.65 to make .ZIP use DOS, not Unix, as host OS - Zyzzle, 27.07.2010, 03:40
                            • fixing p7zip 4.65 to make .ZIP use DOS, not Unix, as host OS - DOS386, 27.07.2010, 03:49
                          • fixing p7zip 4.65 to make .ZIP use DOS, not Unix, as host OS - Zyzzle, 27.07.2010, 07:23
                        • cdrtools_from_Schily | NTLFN problem of 7-ZIP | 7-ZIP vs ZIP - Arjay, 27.07.2010, 14:31
                • cdrtools_from_Schily | NTLFN problem of 7-ZIP | 7-ZIP vs ZIP - david, 27.07.2010, 08:10
                • cdrtools_from_Schily | NTLFN problem of 7-ZIP | 7-ZIP vs ZIP - david, 27.07.2010, 14:34
      • cdrtools_from_Schily - david, 22.07.2010, 07:48
    • cdrtools_from_Schily - david, 22.07.2010, 07:52
      • cdrtools_from_Schily - Arjay, 27.07.2010, 15:54
        • p7zip p7zip p7zip ... - Rugxulo, 27.07.2010, 16:46
          • p7zip p7zip p7zip ... - Arjay, 27.07.2010, 18:09
            • p7zip p7zip p7zip ... - Rugxulo, 28.07.2010, 02:28
              • p7zip p7zip p7zip ... - Arjay, 28.07.2010, 08:02
            • p7zip pp7zipp ppp7zippp ... stupidity goes on - DOS386, 28.07.2010, 03:23
              • p7zip pp7zipp ppp7zippp ... stupidity goes on - Arjay, 28.07.2010, 08:07
                • .ARC compression format - Rugxulo, 28.07.2010, 21:27
                • p7zip pp7zipp ppp7zippp ... stupidity goes on | UI21DEB used - DOS386, 29.07.2010, 05:56
                  • p7zip pp7zipp ppp7zippp ... stupidity goes on | UI21DEB used - DOS386, 29.07.2010, 05:58
                    • p7zip pp7zipp ppp7zippp ... stupidity goes on | UI21DEB used - DOS386, 29.07.2010, 06:05
                      • p7zip pp7zipp ppp7zippp ... stupidity goes on | UI21DEB used - Rugxulo, 29.07.2010, 08:37
                      • p7zip pp7zipp ppp7zippp ... stupidity goes on | UI21DEB used - DOS386, 31.07.2010, 07:53
                  • p7zip pp7zipp ppp7zippp ... stupidity goes on | UI21DEB used - Khusraw, 29.07.2010, 09:21
          • p7zip p7zip p7zip ... - Zyzzle, 28.07.2010, 08:22
            • p7zip p7zip p7zip ... - Rugxulo, 28.07.2010, 21:14
              • p7zip p7zip p7zip ... - Arjay, 01.08.2010, 12:05