Re: portable issues with zip files
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg38493] Re: portable issues with zip files
- From: Jens-Peer Kuska <kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de>
- Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 04:24:58 -0500 (EST)
- Organization: Universitaet Leipzig
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- Reply-to: kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Hi, http://www.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/ have binaries for any OS including MacOS X, for Macs StuffIt should be able handle zip files. some years ago the zlib/zip got a prize for the "most portable" software .. Regards Jens "Ersek, Ted R" wrote: > > Hello, > > David Park (djmp at earthlink.net) has Mathematica packages posted as zip files > at http://home.earthlink.net/~djmp/Mathematica.html > and he recommends that I use the same approach for packages I post on > mathsource. I have been able to download and install his packages on my PC > without problem. However can Mac and Unix users handle the zip files? If > they can't, can I create the compressed files Mac and Unix users need using > my PC? > > Thanks, > Ted Ersek > ersektr at navair.navy.mil