Date: Sun, 6 Dec 1998 15:26:47 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Rhyader <rhyader@surfari.net>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: zip and mc (was: Can I run my useful linux utilities?) Message-ID: <19981206152647.G603@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19981205201738.007a83f0@surfari.net>; from Rhyader on Sat, Dec 05, 1998 at 08:17:38PM -0800 References: <3.0.5.32.19981205201738.007a83f0@surfari.net>
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On Saturday, 5 December 1998 at 20:17:38 -0800, Rhyader wrote: > > Question: Does BSD Unix have "zip" and "unzip" ? > > Red Hat Linux (they use that at my ISP, and I had Red Hat running briefly > on a 386) has "zip" and "unzip", which work with and are compatible with > the same .zip archives made by DOS pkzip and windows Winzip. So I can > compress/uncompress archives in either operating system and the .zip files > are interchangable. I hope BSD Unix has "zip". Yes, FreeBSD includes zip in the Ports Collection. > ALSO : > > Red Hat Linux had "Midnight Commander" - a linux version of the DOS > "Norton Commander"... I can't imagine using DOS or linux without > that! > > Could you run these in BSD Unix ? Yes. > I am told that BSD Unix has a linux emulator. Can the linux emulator be > used to run these programs ? You'd be better using the native versions, but yes, you could probably run the Linux versions with the emulator. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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