INFO-VAX Sun, 07 Oct 2007 Volume 2007 : Issue 547 Contents: Info-ZIP Zip 3.0f ("BETA") source kit is now available. Re: OT: one of the most informative Powerpoint presentations ever ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2007 19:33:54 -0500 (CDT) From: sms@antinode.org (Steven M. Schweda) Subject: Info-ZIP Zip 3.0f ("BETA") source kit is now available. Message-ID: <07100619335445_20200293@antinode.org> Info-ZIP Zip users may wish to try out the latest "BETA" source kit, version 3.0f, which is now available at: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=118012 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/infozip/zip30f.zip Barring the discovery of horrible problems, this kit may be very close to the actual Zip 3.0, whose release could occur later this year. Please submit your (whining) complaints (which are, of course, always welcome) as soon as possible, if you would like any changes made before that release. The kit includes the usual documentation. Below is a quick summary of news items of particular (potential) interest to VMS users. Features -------- - Large-file support (optional, not enabled by default) where the C RTL permits (modern, non-VAX systems). - Basic support for ODS5 extended file names (that is, long names and 8-bit characters, but not Unicode). New command-line options control file-name case preservation. - Symbolic-link support (optional, enabled by default) where the C RTL permits (very modern, non-VAX systems). - Bzip2 compression option (optional, not enabled by default). Requires a separate bzip2 kit. (Mine works. Others may work.) - An official facility code (1955) is now used in exit status values. An error message file, ZIP_MSG.EXE, included for use with SET MESSAGE. (Old behavior may be specified at build time.) Other Notable Changes --------------------- - Builders (MMS/MMK and .COM) work differently from Zip 2.x builders, and have more options. Architecture-specific product files are placed in separate directories ([.ALPHA], [.IA64L], [.VAX], and so on). Reading the installation instructions (INSTALL, [.vms]install_vms.txt) may be necessary. UnZip 6.00d ("BETA") may also appear before we're all dead. Stay tuned. In the mean while, other than emitting the occasional spurious "76 bytes" warning, UnZip 6.00c ("BETA"), which is available at the same place, should do the job. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Steven M. Schweda sms@antinode-org 382 South Warwick Street (+1) 651-699-9818 Saint Paul MN 55105-2547 ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 07 Oct 2007 01:11:58 +0200 From: Michael Kraemer Subject: Re: OT: one of the most informative Powerpoint presentations ever Message-ID: Jan-Erik Söderholm schrieb: >> >> But OpenVMS is a server platform, not a client, right? :\ > At least not a *desktop* client platform. But that's nothing > new about that, is there ? Funny. When I had my VMS term (OK, many moons ago), it was pitched as a cool desktop OS as opposed to dull mainframes. ------------------------------ End of INFO-VAX 2007.547 ************************