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TECHNICAL: Archivers & Decoders
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FILE COMPRESSION, ARCHIVING, AND DECODING
MS-DOS * Mac * Unix * VM/CMS * Amiga * VMS * Apple 2
Atari * OS/2 * Windows3
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Newsgroups: comp.compression
Subject: How to decompress anything (long)
Message-ID: <21on99$pn...@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
From: lem...@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (David Lemson)
Date: 11 Jul 1993 04:41:47 -0500
Reply-To: lem...@uiuc.edu
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
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The most recent copy of this text may be anonymous ftp'd from
ftp.cso.uiuc.edu (128.174.5.61) in the directory /doc/pcnet as
the file compression.
This file is maintained by David Lemson (lem...@uiuc.edu).
Please do not strip this note from this list when passing it on.
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DECODING THIS CHART: This chart has been compacted to fit into 80
columns so it can be viewed on-line. The first column is the name of
the compression/ archiving technique. The next field is the file
extension given to the resulting file. After that are 5 columns each
for a different operating system. Each one of these consists of the
name of the file/program to undo the given compression/archiving
style and a letter that tells where the file/program may be
obtained. All symbols and letters are decoded at the bottom portion
of this file.
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FILE COMPRESSION, ARCHIVING, AND TEXT<->BINARY FORMATS
Last Update: 10 July 1993 Operating System/Unpackaging Program
NAME File DOS * Mac * Unix * VM/CMS * Amiga
*
Extension
abe ? abe.exe N - abe Q - -
afio - - - afio ? - -
ar (any) - - ar L - -
ARC .ARC arc602.exe B ArcMac1.3c A arc521 Barcutil2.04K Arc 0.23
Aa
ARCHDOS .IBM Internal IBM only - creates .EXE self-extractors also
ARJ .ARJ arj239d.exe B - unarj230 B unarj K -
BinHex .Hqx xbin23.zip B BinHex4.0 + A mcvert D binhex X -
binscii * - - sciibin3.10 - -
BLU ? - - - - -
BOO .BOO msbpct.exe B ? ? - - -
msbmkb.exe
btoa (any)atob11.zip B + btoa L - compress
Ab
Bundle .bndl - Bundle ? Unbundle M - -
CardDump(any) - - - card K -
compact .C - - uncompact L - -
Compac-
tor .cpt - Compactor1.21 D - - -
Compact
Pro .cpt - Compact Pro 1.33D - - -
compress.Z u16.zip A MacCompress3.2A compress L compress K compress
Ac
comp430d.zip B
"" (GNU) .gz gzip111.zip B gzip123 L
(also the potentially confusing '.z' until v 1.1.1)
cpio ? pax2exe.zip H - cpio L - -
COMT .COM comt010d.zip B - - - -
Crunch ? - - - arcutil K -
Diamond (spc+hibit) - Diamond 3.0 Z - - -
Diet (any)diet110a.zip B - - - -
Disk-
Doubler .dd - DiskDoubler3.7 Z - - -
Disk- .DMS - - - - dms-102
T
Masher .EXE
DWC .DWC dwc-a501.exe B - - - -
FPack (any) ? ? FPack2.2 A ? ? - -
HPACK .HPK hpack78.zip B
HYPER .HYP hyper25.zip B - - - -
Imploder(any) - - - - imploder1.3
T
Ish .ish ish200.lzh B ishmac-06 ? ? ?
JPEG (any) (See note at bottom - C source available) ***
Larc .LZS larc333.zip B - - - -
LHA .LZH lha255.exe B - lha1.00 U - -
LHarc .LZH lh113c.exe H MacLHarc 0.41 D lharc102 U - LHarc
Ad
LHWarp .LZW - - - - Lhwarp
Ae
LU (LAR).LBR lue220.arc B - l(t)ar ? arcutil K -
LZari ? - MacLZAri 7-11 ? - - -
LZEXE .EXE lzexe91.zip A - - - -
LZSS .lzss ? ? LZSS 2.0b5 ? - - -
MDCD .MD mdcd10.arc B - - - -
pack .z - - unpack L - -
PackIt .pit UnPackIt ? PackIt3.1.3 A unpit ? - -
PAK .PAK pak251.exe H ? ? - - -
PKLITE .EXE pklte115.exe B - - - -
PKPAK .ARC pk361.exe A ArcMac1.3c A arc521 I arcutil2.0K PKAX
?
PKZIP .ZIP pkz204g.exe B ZipIt1.1 D unzip50 B arcutil2.04K PKAZip
Af
Power- .pp
Packer - - - - PowerPacker
Ai
Scrunch .COM scrnch.arc B - - - -
Shark - - sh E
shell - .shar
archive toadshr1.arc B UnShar2.0 D unshar L - UnShar
Ag
Ship (any) (See note at bottom about Ship and Portable Zip) *
shrinkit.shk nulib34 O - nulib34 O - -
Shrink-
ToFit .stf - STF1.2 ? - - -
SPL ? - ? ? - - -
Squash .ARC squash.arc B - - - -
Squeeze .xQx sqpc131.arc B ? ? ? ? arcutil K Sq.Usq
Ah
Squeeze .sqz sqz1083.exe B
StuffIt .Sit unstuff.exe B StuffItLite 3 D unsit D - -
tar .tar tar.zip A UnTar2.0 D tar L - TarSplit
Ai
tarread.arc I
extar10.zip B
ltarv1.zip B
terse (any)Copyright IBM - - vmarc + -
uuencode.UUE ncdc151.zip B uutool2.0.3 D uudecode L arcutil K uudecode
Aj
Warp .WRP - - - - WarpUtil
Ak
whap .AP ? ? yabbawhap M ? yabbawhap
M
xxencode.XXE ncdc150.zip B - xxdecode A xxdecode K -
yabba .Y ? ? yabbawhap M ? yabbawhap
M
ZOO .ZOO zoo210.exe A MacBooz2.1 D zoo210 B zoo K amigazoo
A
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Extended Chart:
VMS * Apple 2 * Atari * OS/2 *
Windows3
aaf (any) - aaftools O
abe ? - - - - -
afio - - - - - -
ar (any) - - - - -
ARC .arc arcvms.uue B angel.shk O B arc521e.arc R arc2.arc A
-
ARJ .ARJ unarj220 B - unarj_st.lzh R - -
BinHex .Hqx - - - - -
binscii * - binscii.exe O - - -
BLU ? - unblu O - - -
BOO .BOO - - - - -
btoa (any) - - - - -
Bundle .bndl - - - - -
CardDump(any) - - - - -
compact .C - - - - -
Compac-
tor .cpt - - - - -
compress.Z lzdcomp.exe P compress.shk O compress.arc R - -
cpio ? - - - - -
Crunch ? - - - - -
Disk-
Doubler ? - - - - -
DWC .DWC - - - - -
FPack (any) - - - - -
GZIP .gz gzip-1-2-2.zipP
HPACK .HPK ? * ? * ? * ? * ?
*
HYPER .HYP - - - - -
Larc .LZS - - - - -
LHA .LHA - angel O - lha214_2 -
LHarc .LZH - - lzh_2011.lzh R clhar103 S -
LHWarp .LZW - - - - -
LU(LAR) .LBR vmssweep B - - - -
LZari ? - - - - -
LZEXE .EXE - - - - -
LZSS .lzss - - - - -
MDCD .MD - - - - -
PackIt .pit - - - - -
PAK .PAK - - - - -
PKPAK .ARC - - pkunarc.arc R - -
PKZIP .ZIP unzip41 B - STZIP22.tos R pkz101-2.exe A -
Power-
Packer (any) - - - - -
Scrunch .COM - - - - -
shell-
archive .shar - unshar.shk O shar.arc R - -
shrinkit.shk - ? O - - -
Shrink-
ToFit .stf - - - - -
SPL ? - - - - -
Squash .ARC - - - - -
Squeeze ? vmsusq.pas B a2unix O ezsqueeze.arc R - -
StuffIt .Sit - - - - -
tar .tar vmstar Q - sttar.arc R - -
terse (any) - - - - -
uuencode.uue uudecode2.vmsB uu.en.decode O uucode10.arcR - -
Warp .WRP - - - - -
whap ? ? - ? ? -
xxencode.XXE - - - - -
yabba ? ? - ? ? -
ZOO .ZOO ZOO210.TAR-Z B - zoo21bin.arcR booz.exe A -
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WHERE TO GET THEM:
A. ftp.cso.uiuc.edu [128.174.5.61]
/pc/exec-pc/ {Zip, arc, lots of good stuff}
/pc/local
/mac/
/amiga/fish/(see individual references)
a ff070 b ff051 c ff051 d ff312 e ff305 f ff311 g ff345
h ff051 i ff053 j ff092 k ff243 i ff253
B. wuarchive.wustl.edu [128.252.135.4]
(UIUC: NFS mounted on uxa and mrcnext)
/mirrors/msdos/archivers/ {arc, LHARC, hpack}
/filutl/ {atob11, msbpct - BOO, toadshr, DIET, ncdc151}
/sq-usq/ {NUSQ}
/zip/ {unzip}
/mac/ {unsit30}
/info-mac/util/
/unix-c/arc-progs/ {ARC,GZIP}
/misc/vaxvms/ {UNZIP for VMS}
/misc/unix/ {UNZIP, ZOO for UNIX/VMS, UNARJ}
C. omnigate.clarkson.edu [128.153.4.2]
/pub/ncsa2.2tn/
D. sumex-aim.stanford.edu [36.44.0.6]
/info-mac/util/ {Stuffit Lite, Compactor Pro, etc.}
/unix/ {unsit, mcvert}
E. ftp.uu.net [137.39.1.9]
/pub/
/ioccc/shar.1990.* {shark}
F. grape.ecs.clarkson.edu [128.153.28.129.]
- collection varies - see the file 'allfiles'
G. watsun.cc.columbia.edu [128.59.39.2]
Definitive source for KERMIT releases for all machines
/kermit/a/
H. wsmr-simtel20.army.mil [192.88.110.20]
Wuarchive's mirror is updated within 48 hours - recommended to
use wuarchive instead of simtel20.
cd pd1:<msdos.arc-lbr>
- Another alternative mirror: oak.oakland.edu
I. pc.usl.edu [130.70.40.3]
/pub/unix/
K. vmd.cso.uiuc.edu [128.174.5.98]
card - cd public.460
others, including ARCUTIL - cd public.477
- NOTE: UUDECODE, UNARJ, ZOO and COMPRESS are originally from
LISTSERV@BLEKUL11
L. (should be available on all major unix systems including
wuarchive.wustl.edu in /unix-c/arc-progs
also uxc.cso.uiuc.edu in /pub)
M. comp.sources.unix archives
(varies, including wuarchive in /usenet/comp.sources.unix)
N. comp.binaries.ibm.pc archives
(varies, including wuarchive in /usenet/comp.binaries.ibm.pc)
O. cco.caltech.edu [131.215.139.100]
/pub/apple2/ {binscii.exe}
/ARCHIVERS {angel.shk, unblu in a2unix.aaf}
/source {aaftools}
P. kuhub.cc.ukans.edu [129.237.1.10]
/LZW/
Q. vmsa.oac.uci.edu [128.200.9.5]
/
R. atari.archive.umich.edu [141.211.164.8]
/atari/archivers/
S. mtsg.ubc.ca [137.82.27.1]
/os2
T. ab20.larc.nasa.gov [128.155.23.64]
/amiga/utils/archivers/
U. alt.sources archives (available on wuarchive.wustl.edu in
/usenet/alt.sources/)
{LHarc is articles number 2217 and 2218}
V. rascal.ics.utexas.edu [128.83.138.20]
/misc/mac/utilies
W. akiu.gw.tohoku.ac.jp [130.34.8.9]
/pub/mac/tools/archiver
X. brownvm.brown.edu [128.148.128.40]
/ {BINHEX.READ-ME for instructions}
Z. Commercial software product - check discount mail order
software houses, computer stores.
NOTES:
Symbols: + means see the notes below for special information
- means that nothing exists to the best of my knowledge
? means that something exists but I do not know the name
of the program or where to get it
* means that e-mail should be sent to lem...@uiuc.edu
for details/explanation
JPEG - source (Free code) is available in
ftp.uu.net:/graphics/jpeg/jpegsrc.v?.tar.Z. Supports conversion
between JPEG "JFIF" format and image files in PBMPLUS PPM, Utah RLE,
Truevision Targa, and GIF file formats. Contact for more info:
Dr. Thomas G. Lane, organizer, Independent JPEG Group
Internet: jpe...@uunet.uu.net
Current version (1/93) is v4.
PKZIP 2.04g is shareware. The Encryption version is freely
exportable to all countries except Cuba,Iran,Iraq,North Korea, the
police or military of South Africa, Syria, and Vietnam. (by order of
the US Government)
Some uuencode/uudecode programs are able to read xxencode files.
Stuffit Lite 3.0 is the replacement version of Stuffit
Classic 1.6 for Macintosh. Stuffit Lite is shareware, $25. Stuffit
Deluxe is the commercial version from Aladdin Software.
VMARC, available with the command "TELL LISTSERV AT RPIECS GET VMARC
PACKAGE" from a CMS machine, will decode any CMS terse program. The
PC version of terse is a commercial program available from IBM
directly.
There is a portable 'ZIP' that goes along with unzip50 that is
available from valeria.cs.ucla.edu:/pub/zip19p1.zip. 'ship' is also
available in that same package. It is a program like uuencode, but
is more robust. WizUnzip, WINUNZ13.ZIP in the WINDOWS3 dir on
wuarchive (B), is a MS Windows 3 version of Unzip41.
GZIP, the GNU Zip-like utility, is available from prep.ai.mit.edu.
Current version is 1.2.2 (16 June 93). A VMS version is available
as follows: (this has binaries for VMS for VAX and AXP)
To get gzip via anonymous ftp from ftp.spc.edu, you'll need:
[.MACRO32]UNZIP.EXE or UNZIP.ALPHA_EXE
[.MACRO32.SAVESETS]GZIP-1-2-2.ZIP
To get it via e-mail, send the following commands in the body of a
mail message to FIL...@WKUVX1.BITNET:
SEND GZIP-1-2-2
SEND FILESERV_TOOLS
There is a set of translators that will allow Stuffit Deluxe to read
btoa, UUencoded files, zip, pack, tar, MacBinary, and others. They
are in sumex-aim.stanford.edu:/info-mac/utils/stuffit-deluxe-
translators.hqx.
When using tar.exe for PC's, the order of option flags is important.
For extraction, use tar -xvf <filename>.
ARC : From SEA, ARC 6.02 is the latest widespread shareware release.
It is available at A (ftp.cso.uiuc.edu).
Also, SEA has ARC 7.10, but it is commercial, not shareware.
(see note at bottom)
When using binscii.exe for an Apple II, there are different file
extensions depending on the type of file being changed.
BinHexed files (with the extension .hqx) can be UnBinHexed with
BinHex 4.0 or Stuffit. BinHex5.0 format is a MacBinary format,
while BinHex 4.0 files are ASCII format.
The files listed are only supposed to uncompress/unarchive.
To compress/archive, further software may be needed.
USAGE NOTES:
There are certain "standard" combinations of compression used:
unix - .tar.Z
(often this will be .taz for PC's)
unix - tar.Z.btoa (abbrev. to .TZB sometimes) (aka "tarmail")
mac - .sit.hqx
- these must be undone in order starting at the end of the name
Sometimes an archive may be self-extracting. These will look like
normal executable programs. Simply run them to undo the archive.
LZEXE (PC), PKLITE(PC), Imploder(Amiga), and PowerPacker(Amiga)
are executable compressors.
They compress an executable file and attach an uncompressing header
so that the file can still be executed while in compressed form.
The listed programs for these utilities compress files, in order to
uncompress a file with these types of compression, just execute
them.
DIET (PC) is a TSR program that compresses and decompresses both
executables and data files as needed.
DEFINITIVE SOURCES:
PKWARE Support BBS - avaliable 24 hours
(414) 352-7176
ZOO - author: Rahul Dhesi
source code in C on Usenet and GEnie's IBM PC Roundtable
ARC - SEA (System Enhancement Associates, Inc.)
804-442-5865
ystem Enhancement Associates, Inc.)
804-442-5865
--
David Lemson (217) 244-1205
University of Illinois Computing & Comm Services
Office System Administrator
Internet : lem...@uiuc.edu UUCP :...!uiucuxc!uiucux1!lemson
NeXTMail & MIME accepted BITNET : LEMSON@UIUCVMD
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