topic Re: Alpha zip3/unzip .exe availability ? in Operating System - OpenVMS

Alpha zip3/unzip .exe availability ?

Thomas Ritter — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 01:59:26 GMT

Are these executables rather than the kits available for VMS 7.3-2 ?

Re: Alpha zip3/unzip .exe availability ?

Thomas Ritter — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 02:00:41 GMT

I meant zip 3 and unzip 6.

Re: Alpha zip3/unzip .exe availability ?

Kris Clippeleyr — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 02:30:35 GMT

Thomas,
Although the "official" page of Info-Zip mentions Zip 2.32 and Unzip 5.52 as latest versions, there was a thread in this forum discussing a few beta-releases.
See:
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1064257

Regards,
Kris (aka Qkcl)

Re: Alpha zip3/unzip .exe availability ?

Steve-Thompson — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 06:58:49 GMT

Have a look round here!?!

http://www.info-zip.org/

Steven

Re: Alpha zip3/unzip .exe availability ?

Steven Schweda — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 08:11:33 GMT

I'll assume that the downloads from my server
to some some telstra.com.au address mean that
you found something suitable. Otherwise,
feel free to complain directly.

Note that the next Zip BETA, 3.0f, is getting
close, and UnZip 6.00d may be getting close,
and there's actually some hope that the real
3.0/6.00 release may happen in our lifetimes.
Watch this space.

And be sure to ignore that spurious "76
bytes" warning message which UnZip 6.00c
emits in some cases.

Re: Alpha zip3/unzip .exe availability ?

Hoff — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 10:24:27 GMT

In addition to the master Info-Zip web site...

Back when I was dealing with the Freeware, I made sure all the core tools shipped out with the latest bits, and they shipped pre-built.

The Freeware distro 000TOOLS directory was the traditional area for these pre-built core tools, and the various tools that are located in that directory (at least up three Freeware V8.0) were deliberately built to allow correct operations across a broad range of releases.

The Freeware FTP server is at: http://www.hp.com/go/openvms/freeware

This in addition to the Freeware disks that shipped with the OpenVMS kits.

The OpenVMS Frequently Asked Question (FAQ) itself also has a directory of software packages, including sources of zip and unzip. http://www.hoffmanlabs.com/vmsfaq/ is the master site.