On Fri, 28 Sep 2001 17:29:11 +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Glenn McCorkle wrote:
>> > The unzipper I use in DOS (2.04g) can't do it. >> > But I seem to recall someone saying that the latest >> > pkunzip can. >> > Are any of you guys using the latest pkunzip for DOS? >> > Can it unzip a 37mb archive (with a zillion files and >> > directories in it)? >> From my experience... >> Pkzip and Pkunzip v2.04g have no problems with "realy big zips". > - ----------------------------- >> From PKzip (2.04g) manual.doc > - ----------------------------- > Under the current memory scheme of DOS the largest number > of files which may be in a .ZIP file is approximately > 9000 files. The maximum number of files you can handle > with a .ZIP file operation can be calculated by the > following formula: > (Free Conventional RAM - 85kb) / 64 bytes > The 37mb zip-file which we were talking about > has many more files than this. More than 9000 files ??? Can you spell b l o a t ??? <g> -- Glenn http://arachne.cz/ http://freedos-32.sourceforge.net/ http://www.delorie.com/listserv/mime/ http://www.angelfire.com/id/glenndoom/download.htm
