Test-Zipfiles
I have compiled some Test-Zipfiles for testing. It
contains only two files to show the Zip-Format.
Zip-Programs / Macintosh Extra-Data:
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A brief overview:
Currently, as far as I know, there are 4 Zip-Programs available.
These programs builds (of cause) different variants of Zip-Files:
MacZip10_JLEE.zip
- Info-Zip's first Port of Zip. Ported by Johnny Lee
This Port is rather outdated and no longer supported (since 1992).
68K only. Only minimal Mac-info is stored (Creator/Type,
Finderattributes).
Until now, Only Unzip 5.32 survived.
zipit138.zip
- ZipIt by Tom Brown. This is a Shareware and still supported I think.
ZipIt has a nice GUI, but I found it can't handle large Zipfiles
quite well. ZipIt compresses Macintosh files using the MacBinary
format. So, transfering files to other platforms is not so easy.
Only minimal Mac-info is stored (Creator/Type, Finderattributes).
Macfilenames are changed to a most compatible filename.
PKZip_Mac23.zip / PKZip_Mac210d.zip
- PKZIP/mac v2.03/210d. This is a Shareware.
I'm not sure about their support: I found only a version on ASI's
website (http://www.asizip.com/products/products.htm). It's the
version PKZIP/mac 210d, But it's rather outdated (1995).
Only minimal Mac-info is stored (Creator/Type, Finderattributes).
The Zipfile format looks like incompatible to other
platforms. Macfilenames are restored without any change.
SmartZip_10.zip
- SmartZip 1.0. This is a Shareware by Marco Bambini.
SmartZip has also a nice GUI (better than ZipIt).
Unfortunately:
Like ZipIt, SmartZip compresses Macintosh files using the
MacBinary format.
So, transfering files to other platforms is not so easy.
This ZipFormat is very new. I have no further information about
that format.
and finally:
MacZip10_new.zip
- Info-Zip's latest Port of Zip. MacZip 1.0. Ported by me :-)
It's supported (of cause) and up to date. Fullset of macintosh
info is stored: Creator/Type, Finderattributes, Findercomments,
MacOS 8.0 Foldersettings, Icon/Folder-Positions ...
Macfilenames are restored without any change.
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Test-Zipfiles |
Wed, Aug 30, 1998,
11:26 |
50k
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MacZip10_new.zip |
Mon, Nov 09, 1998,
22:44 |
8k
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MacZip10_JLEE.zip |
Sun, Aug 30, 1998,
22:44 |
8k
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PKZip_Mac210d.zip |
Sun, Aug 30, 1998,
23:37 |
8k
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PKZip_Mac23.zip |
Sun, Aug 30, 1998,
23:26 |
8k
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zipit138.zip |
Sun, Aug 30, 1998,
23:26 |
8k
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SmartZip_10.zip |
Wed, Jan 26, 2000,
21:14 |
8k
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