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>


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