[thelist] Unzipping files on a Mac - known issues?

Pete Prodoehl pete.prodoehl at cygnusinteractive.com
Tue Oct 14 15:53:31 CDT 2003


>>Are there any known issues uncompressing Zip files on a Mac,
>>that are compressed using WinZip on a PC? If yes, is there
>>a better (more user-friendly) way to compress files for Mac
>>users on a PC?

> Mac files can unzip Zip archives as easily as StuffIt using the same free
> tool: Alladdin's StuffIt Expander, http://www.stuffit.com/mac/index.html.


I'm pretty sure zip is included with OS X as well. It should be at 
/usr/bin/zip

Try typing:

   zip -help

in the terminal...


Pete




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