Re: Automate zip archives
Re: Automate zip archives
- Subject: Re: Automate zip archives
- From: Nigel Garvey <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 09:01:52 +0000
Paul Berkowitz wrote on Thu, 09 Nov 2000 17:25:12 -0800:
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On 11/9/00 4:14 PM, "Nigel Garvey" <email@hidden> wrote:
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> I don't know why ZipIt's crashing, but you mostly don't need the Finder
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> and there's an unnecessary inner loop in the script. The following works
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> OK as far as I've been able to test it:
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Zipit 1.3.5 crashes my computer both from the UI and by script. I was going
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to look to see if there's a newer version compatible with OS 9. I got Zipit
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1.3.5 probably when I had OS 7.5.2 and have never tried using it until last
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week!
:-)
ZipIt's up to 1.4 now - 1.3.7 having been released in August 1997, 1.3.8
in September 1997, and 1.4 in September last year. I can't copy/paste the
details from from the DocMaker readme document, but basically there have
been many bug fixes, several new features, and more efficient code. ZipIt
often (but not always) produces smaller archives than DropStuff or
StuffIt Commands (the latter two often producing archives that are larger
than the original files!) and has the convenience of drag-and-drop
operation. It's also handy for when I send compressed files to my
PC-wielding brother. [Blush.] I've never tried the full version of
StuffIt so I don't know how it compares with this, apart from its only
handling one format (though in several ways).
NG