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From: keng@hybrid.com (Ken Gaugler)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: WANTED: Util to zip unix files to a format readable by a DOS unzipper!!  FAST!!
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 1996 17:24:46 GMT
Organization: Hybrid Networks, Inc.
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Jeff McFarlane <jjmcf@delphi.com> wrote:

>HI.  I need a utility that runs under SunOS (or Solaris) that will compress
>files so I can store them on diskettes, take the diskettes home, and
>uncompress them on my PC ( maybe using PKZIP, but any DOS uncompression
>utility will be fine).  I need it fast!!
>email me at jmcfarla@foxboro.com
> 
>Thanks in advance,
>Jeff McF


Get gzip from the GNU project.  It works fine.