Wanted: DOS zip with LFN

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A man wrote in said:
Wanted: DOS pkzip compatible (if possible) program with long filename support.
Will use in Win2000 DOS box.
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Info-Zip <http://www.info-zip.org/>

<quote>
Info-ZIP's purpose is to provide free, portable, high-quality
versions of the Zip and UnZip compressor-archiver utilities that
are compatible with the DOS-based PKZIP by PKWARE, Inc.
</qoute>

All the best,
Bjorn Simonsen
 
A man said:
Wanted: DOS pkzip compatible (if possible) program with long filename
support. Will use in Win2000 DOS box.
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7-Zip comes with a commandline version: <http://7-zip.org/>


C:\>7z.exe

7-Zip 3.12 Copyright (c) 1999-2003 Igor Pavlov 2003-12-10

Usage: 7z <command> [<switches>...] <archive_name> [<file_names>...]
[<@listfiles...>]

<Commands>
a: Add files to archive
d: Delete files from archive
e: Extract files from archive
l: List contents of archive
t: Test integrity of archive
u: Update files to archive
x: eXtract files with full pathname
<Switches>
-bd Disable percentage indicator
-i[r[-|0]]{@listfile|!wildcard}: Include filenames
-m{Parameters}: set compression Method
-o{Directory}: set Output directory
-p{Password}: set Password
-r[-|0]: Recurse subdirectories
-sfx[{name}]: Create SFX archive
-t{Type}: Set type of archive
-u[-][p#][q#][r#][x#][y#][z#][!newArchiveName]: Update options
-w[{path}]: assign Work directory. Empty path means a temporary directory
-x[r[-|0]]]{@listfile|!wildcard}: eXclude filenames
-y: assume Yes on all queries
 
Wanted: DOS pkzip compatible (if possible) program with long filename
support. Will use in Win2000 DOS box.
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7-Zip comes with a commandline version: <http://7-zip.org/>
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Oops. NOW I see the "command line version" under features.

I also found LDZip, at http://ldzip.port5.com/.

Thanks everybody.

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A man said:
Wanted: DOS pkzip compatible (if possible) program with long filename support.
Will use in Win2000 DOS box.
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The classic free MS-DOS PKZIP 2.5 has long filename support when
run in a 32-bit Windows DOS session (at least in Win9x). I haven't tested
it under Win2000, but suspect that it would also work in that OS.
 
Donald G. Davis said:
The classic free MS-DOS PKZIP 2.5 has long filename support when
run in a 32-bit Windows DOS session (at least in Win9x). I haven't
tested it under Win2000, but suspect that it would also work in that OS.
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I've used PKZIP 2.5 with a DOS batch file under 95, 98, ME, 2000, and XP
without any problems. I got my copy years ago, but don't think you can
download it for free anymore. Do you know if/where it can be obtained for
free? If so, I'd like to know so I can steer other people to it.

The reason I like PKZIP 2.5 (and also WinZip with command-line add-on) is
because they have command-line options to zip only files with the archive bit
set. But neither of these are freeware, and I haven't found a freeware product
that can zip by archive bit. It doesn't appear Info-Zip, 7-Zip or any of the
other programs often mentioned in this ng can do that. Specifically, I'd like
a freeware, Windows command-line zip program that can zip only files with the
archive bit set and turn the archive bit off. Anyone know of something?
 
I've used PKZIP 2.5 with a DOS batch file under 95, 98, ME, 2000, and XP
without any problems. I got my copy years ago, but don't think you can
download it for free anymore. Do you know if/where it can be obtained for
free? If so, I'd like to know so I can steer other people to it.
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Mine is years old too. I just checked the Pkzip site, and indeed
they want $47 for it now. It had never occurred to me that a once-free
DOS program might have become payware. Usually it's the other way around.
 
How about InfoZip <http://www.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/>? A very
standard, reliable tool.

/luigi


Mine is years old too. I just checked the Pkzip site, and indeed
they want $47 for it now. It had never occurred to me that a
once-free DOS program might have become payware. Usually it's the
other way around.
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Donald G. Davis scribebat:
Mine is years old too. I just checked the Pkzip site, and indeed
they want $47 for it now. It had never occurred to me that a
once-free DOS program might have become payware. Usually it's the
other way around.
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On the other hand, you can now get the zip/unzip utilities from the
info-zip group at <http://www.info-zip.org/>, which work as the ones
from PKware. So, no need to worry about it.

Also, PKZip was never really free, it always has been shareware.
 
Donald G. Davis scribebat:
Onno Tasler said:
On the other hand, you can now get the zip/unzip utilities from
the info-zip group at <http://www.info-zip.org/>, which work
as the ones from PKware. So, no need to worry about it.
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But Info-Zip doesn't seem to support all of PKZIP 2.5's command-line
options. Donald and I aren't the OP, and perhaps Info-Zip is adequate
for the OP (if he's still here), but I'm particularly looking for a
freeware alternative that supports selecting by archive bit, as
PKZIP's "-add=increm" option does.
 
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