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- The most recent copy of this text may be anonymous ftp'd from
- ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (128.174.5.59) in the directory /doc/pcnet as
- as the file compression.
- This file is maintained by David Lemson (lemson@uiuc.edu).
- Please do not strip this note from this list when passing it on.
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- DECODING THIS CHART: This chart has been compacted to fit into 80 columns
- so it can be viewed on-line. The first column is the name of the compression/
- archiving technique. The next field is the file extension given to the
- resulting file. After that are 5 columns each for a different operating system.
- Each one of these consists of the name of the file/program to undo the given
- compression/archiving style and a letter that tells where the file/program may
- be obtained. All symbols and letters are decoded at the bottom portion of this
- file.
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- FILE COMPRESSION, ARCHIVING, AND TEXT<->BINARY FORMATS
-
- Last Update: 8/08/91 Operating System/Unpackaging Program
-
- NAME File DOS * Mac * Unix * VM/CMS * Amiga *
- Extension
- abe ? abe.exe N - abe Q - -
- afio - - - afio ? - -
- ar (any) - - ar L - -
- ARC .ARC arc602.exe B ArcMac1.3c A arc521 B arcutil K Arc 0.23 Aa
- ARJ .ARJ arj220.exe B - unarj220 B unarj K -
- BinHex .Hqx xbin23.zip B BinHex4.0 + A mcvert D binhex K -
- binscii * - - - - -
- BLU ? - - - - -
- BOO .BOO msbpct.exe B ? ? - - -
- msbmkb.exe
- btoa (any)btoa N + btoa L - compress Ab
- Bundle .bndl - Bundle E - - -
- CardDump(any) - - - card K -
- compact .C - - uncompact L - -
- Compac-
- tor .cpt - Compactor1.21 D - - -
- Compac-
- tor Pro .cpt - CompactorPro1.3 D - - -
- compress.Z u16.zip A MacCompress3.2A compress L compress K compress Ac
- comp430d.zip B
- cpio ? pax2exe.zip H - cpio L - -
- Crunch ? - - - arcutil K -
- Diamond ^F - Diamond 3.0 Z - - -
- Diet (any)diet110a.zip B - - - -
- Disk-
- Doubler .dd - DiskDoubler3.7 Z - - -
- Disk- .DMS - - - - dms-102 T
- Masher .EXE
- DWC .DWC dwc-a501.exe B - - - -
- FPack (any) ? ? FPack2.2 A ? ? - -
- HPACK .HPK Beta test, not released yet - watch this space for more info *
- HYPER .HYP hyper25.zip B - - - -
- Imploder(any) - - - - imploder1.3 T
- Larc .LZS larc333.zip B - - - -
- LHA .LZH lha213.exe B - - - -
- LHarc .LZH lh113c.exe H MacLHarc 0.41 D lharc102 U - LHarc Ad
- LHWarp .LZW - - - - Lhwarp Ae
- LU (LAR).LBR lue220.arc B - lar ? arcutil K -
- LZari ? - MacLZAri 7-11 ? - - -
- LZEXE .EXE lzexe91.zip A - - - -
- LZSS .lzss ? ? LZSS 2.0b5 ? - - -
- MDCD .MD mdcd10.arc B - - - -
- nupack ? - - - - -
- pack .Z - - unpack L - -
- PackIt .pit UnPackIt ? PackIt3.1.3 A unpit ? - -
- PAK .PAK pak250.exe H ? ? - - -
- PKLITE .EXE pklte112.exe B - - - -
- PKPAK .ARC pk361.exe A ArcMac1.3c A arc521 I arcutil K PKAX ?
- PKZIP .ZIP pkz110eu.exe B UnZip1.1 0 D unzip41 B - PKAZip Af
- Power- (any)
- Packer .pp - - - - PowerPacker Ai
- Scrunch .COM scrnch.arc B - - - -
- Shark - - sh E
- shell - .shar
- archive toadshr1.arc B UnShar2.0 D unshar L - UnShar Ag
- shrinkit.shk - - - - -
- Shrink-
- ToFit .stf - STF1.2 ? - - -
- SPL ? - ? ? - - -
- Squash .ARC squash.arc B - - - -
- Squeeze .xQx sqpc131.arc B ? ? ? ? arcutil K Sq.Usq Ah
- StuffIt .Sit mactopc. ? ? StuffIt 1.6 D unsit D - -
- tar .tar tar.zip A UnTar2.0 D tar L - TarSplit Ai
- tarread.arc I
- extar10.zip B
- pdtar.exe C
- terse (any)Copyright IBM - - vmarc + -
- uuencode.UUE toaduu20.zip B uutool2.0.3 D uudecode L arcutil K uudecode Aj
- Warp .WRP - - - - WarpUtil Ak
- whap .AP ? ? yabbawhap M ? yabbawhap M
- xxencode.XXE toaduu20.zip B - xxdecode A xxdecode K -
- yabba .Y ? ? yabbawhap M ? yabbawhap M
- ZOO .ZOO zoo210.exe A MacBooz2.1 D zoo210 B zoo K amigazoo A
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Extended Chart:
- VMS * Apple 2 * Atari * OS/2 * Windows3
-
- abe ? - - - - -
- afio - - - - - -
- ar (any) - - - - -
- ARC .arc arcvms.uue B dearc.bsq.Z B arc521b.arc R arc2.arc A -
- ARJ .ARJ unarj220 B - - - -
- BinHex .Hqx - - - - -
- binscii * - binscii.exe O - - -
- BLU ? - ? - - -
- BOO .BOO - - - - -
- btoa (any) - - - - -
- Bundle .bndl - - - - -
- CardDump(any) - - - - -
- compact .C - - - - -
- Compac-
- tor .cpt - - - - -
- compress.Z lzcomp.exe P compress.shk J compress.arc R - -
- cpio ? - - - - -
- Crunch ? - - - - -
- Disk-
- Doubler ? - - - - -
- DWC .DWC - - - - -
- FPack (any) - - - - -
- HPACK .HPK ? * ? * ? * ? * ? *
- HYPER .HYP - - - - -
- Larc .LZS - - - - -
- LHarc .LZH - - lharc113.arc R clhar103 S -
- LHWarp .LZW - - - - -
- LU(LAR) .LBR vmssweep B - - - -
- LZari ? - - - - -
- LZEXE .EXE - - - - -
- LZSS .lzss - - - - -
- MDCD .MD - - - - -
- nupack ? - nupack B - - -
- PackIt .pit - - - - -
- PAK .PAK - - - - -
- PKPAK .ARC - - pkunarc.arc R - -
- PKZIP .ZIP unzip41 B - - pkz101-2.exe A -
- Power-
- Packer (any) - - - - -
- Scrunch .COM - - - - -
- shell-
- archive .shar - unshar.shk J shar.arc R - -
- shrinkit.shk - ? O - - -
- Shrink-
- ToFit .stf - - - - -
- SPL ? - - - - -
- Squash .ARC - - - - -
- Squeeze ? vmsusq.pas B - ezsqueeze.arc R - -
- StuffIt .Sit - - - - -
- tar .tar vmstar Q - sttar.arc R - -
- terse (any) - - - - -
- uuencode.uue uudecode2.vmsB uu.en.decode J - - -
- Warp .WRP - - - - -
- whap ? ? - ? ? -
- xxencode.XXE - - - - -
- yabba ? ? - ? ? -
- ZOO .ZOO ZOO210.TAR-Z B - booz.arc R booz.exe A -
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- WHERE TO GET THEM:
- A. ux1.cso.uiuc.edu [128.174.5.59]
- /pc/exec-pc/ {Zip, arc, lots of good stuff}
- /pc/local
- /mac/
- /amiga/fish/(see individual references)
-
- a ff070 b ff051 c ff051 d ff312 e ff305 f ff311 g ff345
- h ff051 i ff053 j ff092 k ff243 i ff253
-
- B. wuarchive.wustl.edu [128.152.135.4] (NFS mounted on uxa and mrcnext)
- /mirrors/msdos/arc-lbr/ {arc, LHARC}
- /filutl/ {msbpct - BOO, toadshr, DIET}
- /sq-usq/ {NUSQ}
- /zip/ {unzip}
- /mac/
- /info-mac/util/
- /unix-c/arc-progs/ {ARC}
- /misc/vaxvms/ {UNZIP for VMS}
- /misc/unix/ {UNZIP, ZOO for UNIX/VMS, UNARJ}
-
- C. omnigate.clarkson.edu [128.153.4.2]
- /pub/ncsa2.2tn/
-
- D. sumex-aim.stanford.edu [36.44.0.6]
- /info-mac/util/ {Stuffit classic, Compactor Pro, etc.}
- /unix/ {unsit, mcvert}
-
- E. uunet.uu.net [192.48.96.2]
- /pub/
- /ioccc/shar.1990.* {shark}
-
- F. grape.ecs.clarkson.edu [128.153.28.129.]
- - collection varies - see the file 'allfiles'
-
- G. watsun.cc.columbia.edu [128.59.39.2]
- Definitive source for KERMIT releases for all machines
- /kermit/a/
-
- H. wsmr-simtel20.army.mil [192.88.110.20]
- Wuarchive's mirror is updated within 48 hours - recommended to
- use wuarchive instead of simtel20.
- cd pd1:<msdos.arc-lbr>
-
- I. pc.usl.edu [130.70.40.3]
- /pub/unix/
-
- J. plains.nodak.edu [134.129.111.64]
- /pub/appleII/GS/utils/
- /nonGS/packers/
-
- K. vmd.cso.uiuc.edu [128.174.5.98]
- binhex - cd public.474
- card - cd public.460
- others - cd public.477
- - NOTE: UUDECODE, UNARJ, ZOO and COMPRESS are originally from
- LISTSERV@BLEKUL11
-
- L. (should be available on all major unix systems including
- wuarchive.wustl.edu in /unix-c/arc-progs)
-
- M. comp.sources.unix archives
- (varies, including wuarchive in /usenet/comp.sources.unix)
-
- N. comp.binaries.ibm.pc archives
- (varies, including wuarchive in /usenet/comp.binaries.ibm.pc)
-
- O. tybalt.caltech.edu [131.215.139.100]
- /pub/apple2/
- /shrinkits/
-
- P. kuhub.cc.ukans.edu [129.237.1.10]
- /LZW/
-
- Q. vmsa.oac.uci.edu [128.200.9.5]
- /
-
- R. terminator.cc.umich.edu [141.211.164.8]
- /atari/archivers/
-
- S. mtsg.ubc.ca [137.82.27.1]
- /os2
-
- T. ab20.larc.nasa.gov [128.155.23.64]
- /amiga/utils/archivers/
-
- U. alt.sources archives (available on wuarchive.wustl.edu in
- /usenet/alt.sources/)
- {LHarc is articles number 2217 and 2218}
-
- Z. Commercial software product - check discount mail order
- software houses, computer stores.
-
- NOTES:
- Symbols: + means see the notes below for special information
- - means that nothing exists to the best of my knowledge
- ? means that something exists but I do not know the name
- of the program or where to get it
- * means that e-mail should be sent to lemson@uiuc.edu
- for details/explanation
-
- Some uuencode/uudecode programs are able to read xxencode files.
-
- VMARC, available with the command "TELL LISTSERV AT RPIECS GET VMARC
- PACKAGE" from a CMS machine, will decode any CMS terse program. The
- PC version of terse is a commercial program available from IBM
- directly.
-
- There is a set of translators that will allow Stuffit Deluxe to read
- btoa, UUencoded files, zip, pack, tar, MacBinary, and others. They are in
- sumex-aim.stanford.edu:/info-mac/utils/stuffit-deluxe-translators.hqx.
-
- When using tar.exe for PC's, the order of option flags is important.
- For extraction, use tar -tvf <filename>.
-
- ARC : From SEA, ARC 6.02 is the latest widespread shareware release.
- It is available at A (ux1.cso.uiuc.edu).
- Also, SEA has ARC 7.00, but it is commercial, not shareware.
-
- When using binscii.exe for an Apple II, there are different file extensions
- depending on the type of file being changed.
-
- BinHexed files (with the extension .hqx) can be UnBinHexed with BinHex 4.0 or
- Stuffit. BinHex5.0 format is a MacBinary format, while BinHex 4.0 files
- are ASCII format.
-
- The files listed are only guaranteed to uncompress/unarchive.
- To make a compression/archive, further software may be needed.
-
- USAGE NOTES:
-
- There are certain "standard" combinations of compression used:
- unix - .tar.Z
- (often this will be .taz for PC's)
- unix - tar.Z.btoa (abbrev. to .TZB sometimes) (aka "tarmail")
-
- mac - .sit.hqx
- - these must be undone in order starting at the end of the name
-
- Sometimes an archive may be self-extracting. These will look like normal
- executable programs. Simply run them to undo the archive.
-
- LZEXE (PC), PKLITE(PC), Imploder(Amiga), and PowerPacker(Amiga)
- are executable compressors.
- They compress an executable file and attach an uncompressing header so that
- the file can still be executed while in compressed form.
- The listed programs for these utilities compress files, in order to uncompress
- a file with these types of compression, just execute them.
-
- DIET (PC) is a TSR program that compresses and decompresses both
- executables and data files as needed.
-
-
- DEFINITIVE SOURCES:
-
- PKWARE Support BBS - avaliable 24 hours
- (414) 352-7176
-
- ZOO - author: Rahul Dhesi
- source code in C on Usenet and GEnie's IBM PC Roundtable
-
- ARC - SEA (System Enhancement Associates, Inc.)
- 21 New Street
- Wayne, NJ 07470
-