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- Info-ZIP UnZip 5.12 README.AMI file, September 5, 1994
- Amiga specific notes for UnZip 5.12, release of August 28, 1994
- ==============================================================================
-
-
- GENERAL DESCRIPTION
- -------------------
-
- The Info-ZIP UnZip 5.12 package consists of C source code that compiles
- on many platforms. Some systems, such as Amiga, lack a bundled C language
- compiler, so we package and distribute supported executables for those.
- This enables users who don't own compilers to utilize Info-ZIP programs.
-
- For more information about Info-ZIP, and the enclosed utilities, please
- consult the README and doc files included in this archive. The file "Where"
- contians information and policies regarding availability of source and main
- archive locations.
-
- Consult the file, "COPYING", for the policy regarding redistribution.
-
- These programs run only as CLI commands, but are compatible with
- Directory OPUS, SID, and IconX methods of execution.
-
-
- VERIFICATION OF VERSION
- -----------------------
-
- The following output will display if you enter the command, "UnZip -v".
- If the dates and versions don't match, then this archive may have been
- tampered with. Please provide the following information whenever you
- contact Info-ZIP regarding problems, comments, or questions (at least,
- the 3 lines flagged with "*" below).
-
-
- * UnZip 5.12 of 28 August 1994, by Info-ZIP. Portions (c) 1989 by S. H. Smith.
- | Send bug reports to authors at zip-bugs@wkuvx1.wku.edu; see README for details.
- |
- | Latest sources and executables are always in ftp.uu.net:/pub/archiving/zip, at
- | least as of date of this release; see "Where" for other ftp and non-ftp sites.
- |
- * Compiled with SAS/C version 6.51 for AmigaDOS v38 on Sep 5 1994.
- |
- | UnZip special compilation options:
- * [decryption]
- |
- | UnZip and ZipInfo environment options:
- | UNZIP: [none]
- | UNZIPOPT: [none]
- | ZIPINFO: [none]
- | ZIPINFOOPT: [none]
-
- Note the bug reporting address documented in the above message.
-
- Following is a directory listing showing file sizes and dates,
- after restoring the archive:
-
- README.AMI (this file) 6338 ----rw-d 05-Sep-94 00:05:12
- zipinfo.doc 21079 ----rw-d 25-Aug-94 13:18:56
- Where 9733 ----rw-d 25-Aug-94 11:17:52
- COPYING 8192 ----rw-d 10-Aug-94 21:47:08
- CONTRIBS 8435 ----rw-d 25-Aug-94 11:35:44
- README 9076 ----rw-d 28-Aug-94 21:24:04
- unzip.doc 33336 ----rw-d 25-Aug-94 13:18:54
- UnZip 85476 ----rwed 05-Sep-94 00:05:12
- funzip.doc 3592 ----rw-d 25-Aug-94 13:18:58
- fUnZip 26732 ----rwed 05-Sep-94 00:05:12
-
-
- INSTALLATION
- ------------
-
- Installation should be performed manually. Since the use of these utilities
- requires knowledge of file management and the AmigaDOS CLI, we do not expect
- this to hinder installation and usage. Maybe we'll release a CLI script
- to do this in the future, but we have no plans to utilize the "installer"
- program, because it is too large to co-distribute and not guaranteed to exist.
-
- 1. Determine if programs are already installed. Open an AmigaDOS shell
- window, and type the following AmigaDOS commands to locate current
- versions.
-
- which UnZip
- which fUnZip
- which zipinfo
-
- 2. If zipinfo exists, delete it. Zipinfo is now accessible via the
- command, "UnZip -Z". See step 4 below for zipinfo reinstallation.
-
- 3. a. If these files do NOT exist, then these utilities are not currently
- installed. You must choose a location for them. Enter the command,
-
- path
-
- Then choose a directory from the displayed list (called <dest> below).
-
- b. If the executable files DO exist, then substitute their locations
- below, in place of "<dest>".
-
- c. Copy executables as follows, substituting for <unz512x> and <dest>:
-
- cd <unz512x> ; <unz512x> contains the distribution archive.
- copy UnZip <dest>
- copy fUnZip <dest>
-
- 4. If you want a "zipinfo" command, then you have 3 choices.
-
- a. Issue the command, "makelink from <dest>/zipinfo to <dest>/UnZip"
-
- b. Add, "alias zipinfo UnZip -Z" to the file, S:Shell-startup
-
- c. Just use "UnZip -Z" whenever you want Zipinfo.
-
-
- IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
- --------------------
-
- 1. It was discovered on release of UnZip 5.1 that the latest SAS compiler
- revision (6.50 or 6.51) changed the timezone handling. The result is
- that UnZip can extract files with the wrong times, usually off by an
- offset of a few hours which is a function of the how the TZ environment
- variable is set. Now the TZ variable needs to be set according to the
- timezone you are in, because the tzname() function operates correctly
- now (it didn't used to). If you do not set TZ to your current timezone,
- files will be restored with times corrsponding to CST6, which is US/Central
- time, the SAS/C default. On the Amiga, the TZ variable cannot utilize
- the daylight savings time extentions, so don't use them. For example,
- specify "EST5" instead of "EST5EDT". The latter form will confuse the
- SAS/C libraries. To set the TZ environment variable, place the following
- line in your startup sequence (file S:startup-sequence):
-
- setenv TZ XXXN
-
- where XXX is the 3-character timezone notation
- N is the offset from Greenwich mean time
-
- examples:
- setenv TZ PST8 ; for California time
- setenv TZ EST5 ; for N'yuk N'yuk time
-
- 2. Wildcard support is limited to the most common types of usage.
- Estoteric pattern matching may not work. For ease of use, the
- Unix "*" character is equivalent to the Amiga "#?" pattern.
-
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- REPORT ALL BUGS AND COMMENTS TO INFO-ZIP: <ZIP-Bugs@WKUVX1.WKU.EDU>
-
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- This Amiga port is brought to you by,
-
- John Bush <John.Bush@East.Sun.COM>
-
- Paul Kienitz <Paul.Kienitz@shelter.sf.ca.us>
-
- _________________________________________________________________________
-
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