On Wed, Mar 15, 2000 at 10:01:09AM +0100, Hans Ekbrand wrote: > I have unsuccessfully searched some file archives for a free zip utility that > would let me extract pkzip files. Is there such a thing, or is the zip > algorithm patented or something? > > Hans Ekbrand
[EMAIL PROTECTED] man]$ dpkg -S miniunzip zlib-bin: /usr/bin/miniunzip [EMAIL PROTECTED] man]$ dpkg -s zlib-bin Package: zlib-bin Status: install ok installed Priority: optional Section: utils Installed-Size: 43 Maintainer: Joel Klecker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Source: zlib Version: 1:1.1.3-5 Depends: libz1 Description: compression library - sample programs Some generally useful sample programs from the contrib directory. Includes a "mini" implementation of `zip' and `unzip' called `minizip' and `miniunzip' respectively. [EMAIL PROTECTED] man]$ vrms No non-free packages installed on socrates! rms would be proud. [EMAIL PROTECTED] man]$ [EMAIL PROTECTED] man]$ zcat /usr/share/doc/zlib-bin/readme.txt.gz UnZip 0.15 additionnal library This unzip package allow extract file from .ZIP file, compatible with PKZip 2.04g, WinZip, InfoZip tools and compatible. Multi volume ZipFile (span) are not supported, and old compression used by old PKZip 1.x are not supported. <snip> miniunzip is basic, but it works, it will even extract those annoying self extracting dos archives. -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
