Subj : Re: pzip v1.0
To   : Robert Wolfe
From : Dan Clough
Date : Sun Aug 23 2026 07:59 am

-=> Robert Wolfe wrote to Dan Clough <=-

 RW>>> PZip Win32/v1.0 -- a command-line-compatible clone of Info-ZIP
 RW>>> Written in Free Pascal. Type "pzip -h" for help.
 RW>>> Usage: pzip [-options] zipfile[.zip] [file ...]

 RW>>> will build and release linux binaries tomorrow.

 DC>> What would this offer me that Info-Zip does not?

 RW>> that's not the point.  the point is is this is the first
 RW> successful
 RW>> pascal program of this size i've built sucessfully since high
 RW> school
 RW>> and i wanted to share the final results of my work.

 DC> Well.... it kinda *IS* the point.  What's the point of creating
 DC> something that's the same as something that's been around
 DC> forever?

 DC> I mean, good job at the programming exercise, but.... in the
 DC> real world it doesn't serve any purpose.

 RW> It does if you want to unpack LZH archives or run a BBS that has
 RW> them.  Like those that support Amigsa users, maybe?

The tools that have existed for LZH for decades won't already do that?

That's my whole point here!  There are several utilities that do all of 
this, already.  Not trying to give you a hard time, but why re-invent 
the wheel?

By the way, I had to do EXTENSIVE "fixing" of the quoted material 
above...  Whatever you're using to write messages (Wildcat?) just 
completely BORKS the formatting and makes your messages very difficult 
to follow.  You should try to fix that.



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