Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 11:37:45 +0100 (CET) From: "Zbigniew Szalbot" <z.szalbot@lcwords.com> To: "Polytropon" <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Compression with *.zip output Message-ID: <b4f40befa4323096f9fe5d7a6cb54021.squirrel@relay.lc-words.com> In-Reply-To: <20090321112059.5be0581a.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <ab50e581e2eb1586ab4bc82414c7372d.squirrel@relay.lc-words.com> <20090321112059.5be0581a.freebsd@edvax.de>
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> On Sat, 21 Mar 2009 08:47:06 +0100 (CET), "Zbigniew Szalbot" > <z.szalbot@lcwords.com> wrote: >> Hello, >> >> Is there a command utility to help me compress files with *.zip >> extenstion >> so that windows users can download and unpack it without using any >> special >> software? > > Maybe this is a stupid follow-up question, but... since WHEN is > "Windows" able to handle any kind of archive file (except its > own CAB format) without installing any third party software? > > "Windows" users NEED to install additional software for every > little piece that a proper OS should be able to do on its own... I do not feel in any position to speak for Windows OS but I do not have any special archiver in my XP system. There's some utility built into the system that allows you to unpack or archive files in zip extension. -- Zbigniew Szalbot
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