From: pg@panther.stortek.com (Paul Gilmartin) Subject: compressionutilitiestable.txt To: macgifts@mac.archive.umich.edu Date: Sun, 4 Sep 1994 14:07:12 -0600 (MDT) Hello, Archivists, Here's a refresh, copied from: ftp://ftp.cso.uiuc.edu/doc/pcnet/compression of the world's greatest file conversion cheat sheet. This replaces the outdated: /mac/misc/documentation/compressionutilitiestable.txt 17 5/20/92 Text A file detaining how to deal with any compression scheme on various platforms. =============================================================================== 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 (lemson@uiuc.edu). Please do not strip this note from this list when passing it on. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE COMPRESSION, ARCHIVING, AND TEXT<->BINARY FORMATS Last Update: 2 August 1994 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 D arc521 Barcutil2.04K Arc 0.23 Aa ARCHDOS .IBM Internal IBM only - creates .EXE self-extractors also ARJ .ARJ arj239d.exe B unarjmac 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 - - Compact Pro .cpt EXT_PC10.arj ? Compact Pro 1.34 D - - - compress.Z u16.zip A MacCompress3.2D compress L compress K compress Ac comp430d.zip B .compressed *** NEXTSTEP - same as .tar.Z, use zcat | tar xf - GNU ZIP .gz gzip123.exe B MacGzip0.2 D gzip123 L (NOTE: also known as "GNU Compress" and used .z extension 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 - DiskDoubler3.7.6 Z - - - Disk- .DMS - - - - dms-102 B Masher .EXE DWC .DWC dwc-a501.exe B - - - - FPack (any) ? ? FPack2.2 D ? ? - - HPACK .HPK hpack78.zip B HYPER .HYP hyper25.zip B - - - - Imploder(any) - - - - imploder1.3 B Ish .ish ish200.lzh B ishmac-0.6 D ? ? ? JPEG (any) (See note at bottom - C source available) *** Larc .LZS larc333.zip B - - - - LHA .LHA lha255b.exe B MacLHA 2.13 D lha1.00 U - lha_e138.run B LHarc .LZH lh113c.exe H MacLHarc 0.41 D lharc102 U - LHarc Ad (NOTE: LHA supersedes LHarc in functionality) LHWarp .LZW - LZWRes 1.0 D - - Lhwarp Ae LU (LAR).LBR lue220.arc B - l(t)ar ? arcutil K - LZari ? - MacLZAri 7-11 ? - - - LZEXE .EXE lzexe91.zip A - - - - LZSS .lzss ? ? CompRes 1.1 D - - - MDCD .MD mdcd10.arc B - - - - pack .z - - unpack L - - PackIt .pit UnPackIt ? PackIt3.1.3 D 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 ZipIt1.2.6 D unzip511 B arcutil2.04K PKAZip Af Power- .pp Packer - - - - PowerPacker Ai Scrunch .COM scrnch.arc B - - - - Shark - - sh E shell - .shar archive toadshr1.arc B UnShar2.1 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 A - - - 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 StuffItLite307D unsit D - - tar .tar tar.zip A Tar 4.0b D tar L - TarSplit Ai tarread.arc I extar10.zip B ltarv1.zip B terse (any)Copyright IBM - - vmarc + - uuencode.UUE ncdc151.zip B uutool2.3.2 B uudecode L arcutil K uudecode Aj UltraCII.UC2 uc2ins.exe B - - - - 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 - - - - - Compact Pro .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 unzip51 P pmpunzip20 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 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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/ NOTE: Many mac things in: /mac/MUG/Utilities2.0-sit.Hqx;1 /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) -> See H. below for another site for /systems/ibmpc/simtel/ directories <- /systems/ibmpc/simtel/archivers/ {arc, LHARC, hpack} /filutl/ {atob11, msbpct - BOO, toadshr, DIET, ncdc151} /sq-usq/ {NUSQ} /zip/ {unzip} /mac/ {unsit30} /systems/mac/info-mac/util/ /systems/unix/arc-progs/ {ARC,GZIP} /misc/vaxvms/ {UNZIP for VMS} /misc/unix/ {UNZIP, ZOO for UNIX/VMS, UNARJ} /systems/amiga/aminet/util/arc {AMIGA} /systems/amiga/aminet/util/pack {AMIGA} /systems/apple2/umich.edu/gs/util {Apple 2} 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] oak.oakland.edu [141.210.10.117] is the primary mirror for simtel20. wuarchive (B) is a secondary mirror. cd pd1: SIMTEL20 files are available by anonymous ftp from mirror sites OAK.Oakland.Edu (141.210.10.117), wuarchive.wustl.edu (128.252.135.4), archive.orst.edu (128.193.2.13), ftp.uu.net (137.39.1.9), nic.funet.fi (128.214.6.100), src.doc.ic.ac.uk (146.169.3.7), nic.switch.ch (130.59.1.40), archie.au (139.130.4.6), NCTUCCCA.edu.tw (140.111.3.21), by e-mail through the BITNET/EARN file servers, or by uucp from UUNET's 1-900-GOT-SRCS. See UUNET file uunet!~/info/archive-help for details. 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. ftp.spc.edu [192.107.46.27] GZIP - [.macro32.savesets]gzip-1-*.zip (use [.macro32]unzip.exe to extract) 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 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 lemson@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: jpeg-info@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. Stuffit Expander 3.0.1 is a free version from Aladdin that can decompress most Macintosh compression schemes. It is available in the same place as other Mac decompression products. 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 unzip50p1 that is available from wuarchive and other mirrors in the same places as unzip. (see (B) above) WizUnzip, WINUNZ20.ZIP in the WINDOWS3 dir on wuarchive (B), is a MS Windows 3 version of Unzip50p1. 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 FILESERV@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 . 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 (preferably 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