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- Here it is... the UnZip 5.1 port for the Atari ST/TT/Falcon!
-
- This took me longer than I expected thanks to a difference between the
- MiNT library and most UNIX libraries... symlinks are 0x16000
- instead of 0xa000... I'm told this isn't even defined in POSIX, so I
- can't really complain. At least we've got a filesystem that can use
- symlinks!
-
- This port requires GNU C and allows you to build an unzip/zipinfo/funzip
- that supports long filenames (on appropriate filesystems, thanks to the
- MiNT library), as well as symlinks. It also does "proper" (ie, DOS-style)
- translation of text-file end-of-line characters. The programs also build
- as shared-text binaries, so you can start unzipping several files at once
- in the background and only a small part of unzip will be duplicated in
- memory.
-
- I build unzip with the MiNT library, GNU C 2.5.8 (2.5.7 and lower have a
- rather sever problem in the optimiser that affects 68000 code only; it
- adds 68020-only instructions to the 68000 code). Oh, and I tested it
- extensively under MiNT's minix filesystem as well as the bogus DOS
- filesystem that "normal" Atari partitions have.
-
- The Makefile won't need any editing if you want to built unzip et al. on
- a minix filesystem; if you want to install it on a DOS filesystem, use
- "cp" instead of "ln" for zipinfo. [Or, to save disk space, make a script/
- command-file which invokes "unzip -Z ...". --CN] This is such a good
- idea that I'm annoyed that Greg thought of it and I didn't... ;-) If
- you're using a shell worth your while, you can alias zipinfo to
- 'unzip -Z' and then forget all about this paragraph.
-
- If you want to compile this using Turbo C (aka Pure C in North America)
- you're on your own... That's ok, I'll make a nice binary version of
- unzip available as soon as the official 5.1 version is released (give or
- take a few days).
-
- Enjoy! Cave Newt should be given kudos for keeping this monster easy to
- port... ;-) [Hah! But thanks anyway. :-) --CN]
-
- PLEASE email me to tell me if you've uploaded the source or binary
- versions of Unzip 5.x to any BBS systems or commercial online systems so
- we can update the Where file!
-
- -Chris-
- cherborth@semprini.waterloo-rdp.on.ca
-