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- WinZip(R) version 5.6
- Copyright (C) 1991-1995 Nico Mak Computing, Inc.
- All Rights Reserved
-
- See the file README.TXT for installation instructions.
-
- Internet File Format Support In WinZip 5.6:
-
- The Internet is becoming more and more popular, and unlike
- CompuServe and most other online services, not all parts of the
- the Internet have standardized on the ZIP file format. Many
- Internet sites distribute files in "gzip" and Unix "compress"
- format (files ending in GZ or Z) and use the old TAR (Tape
- ARchive) format to group files.
-
- WinZip 5.6 adds support for the TAR, gzip, and Unix compress
- formats. This means you can use WinZip to work with almost all
- compressed files downloaded from the Internet. WinZip 5.6 also
- lets you decompress files in the "Microsoft Compress" format
- (LZEXPAND) used on the Windows 3.x distribution disks and some
- other Microsoft product distribution disks. No external programs
- are needed for these file formats.
-
- Some notes on the new Internet file format support:
-
- - WinZip does not let you create files in these formats, but other
- features (Extract, View, CheckOut) all work.
-
- - Unlike ZIP, TAR, LZH, ARJ, and ARC files Microsoft-compressed
- files and Z files (gzip/compress) contain only ONE file.
-
- - Unlike ZIP, LZH, ARJ, and ARC files, TAR files are NEVER
- compressed.
-
- - Since TAR files are often distributed in Z format (with
- extensions like .TAZ and .TGZ) WinZip treats Z files containing
- a TAR file as a special case: WinZip offers to decompress and
- open the TAR file.
-
- - There is no reliable way to determine the uncompressed size of
- files in the gzip and compress format, so WinZip shows the size
- as a question mark.
-
- Other Changes in WinZip 5.6:
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- - A new checkbox in the Configuration dialog box determines
- whether the right mouse button pops up a menu or selects listbox
- entries as in earlier versions.
-
- - Conversion from long names to MS-DOS 8.3 filenames is smarter
- than in previous versions: a name like XXX.YYY.TXT is now
- converted to XXXYYY.TXT rather than being truncated to XXX.YYY.
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