source: general/sysutils/zip.xml@ a0f03b0

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<!ENTITY zip-download-http "http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/src/zip23.tar.gz">
<!ENTITY zip-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/src/zip23.tar.gz">
<!ENTITY zip-size "839 KB">
<!ENTITY zip-buildsize "3.6 MB">
<!ENTITY zip-time "0.05 SBU">

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<sect1 id="zip" xreflabel="Zip-&zip-version;">
<sect1info>
<othername>$LastChangedBy: $</othername>
<date>$Date: $</date>
</sect1info>
<?dbhtml filename="zip.html"?>
<title>Zip-&zip-version;</title>

<sect2>
<title>Introduction to <application>Zip</application></title>
                                                                               
                                                                               
<para>The <application>Zip</application> package contains
<application>Zip</application> utilities. These
are useful for compressing files into <filename>ZIP</filename> archives.</para>                                                                               
<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink
url="&zip-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink
url="&zip-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download size: &zip-size;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated Disk space required:
&zip-buildsize;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated build time:
&zip-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect3>
                                                                               
                                                                               
</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Installation of <application>Zip</application></title>
                                                                               
<para>Install <application>Zip</application> by running the following commands:</para>
                                                                               
<screen><userinput><command>make prefix=/usr -f unix/Makefile generic_gcc &amp;&amp;
make prefix=/usr -f unix/Makefile install</command></userinput></screen>
                                                                               
</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Command explanations</title>
                                                                               
<para><command>make prefix=/usr -f unix/Makefile generic_gcc</command>: This command
overrides the <varname>prefix</varname> variable that is set to
<filename class='directory'>/usr/local</filename> in the
<filename>unix/Makefile</filename> which we use as a makefile
and builds the executables for a Linux system.  The alternatives to
'generic_gcc' can be seen with a <command>make -f unix/Makefile list</command> command.</para>
                                                                               
</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>
                                                                               
<para>The <application>Zip</application> package contains <command>zip
</command>, <command>zipcloak</command>, <command>zipnote</command> and
<command>zipsplit</command>.</para>
                                                                               
</sect2>
                                                                               
<sect2><title>Description</title>
                                                                               
<sect3><title>zip</title>
<para><command>zip</command> compresses files into a
<filename>ZIP</filename> archive.</para></sect3>
                                                                               
<sect3><title>zipcloak</title>
<para><command>zipcloak</command> is disabled in this version of
<application>Zip</application>.  It will
display a message about how to support encryption by recompiling with
<filename>zcrypt27.zip</filename>.</para></sect3>
                                                                               
<sect3><title>zipnote</title>
<para><command>zipnote</command> reads or writes comments stored in a
<filename>ZIP</filename> file.</para></sect3>
                                                                               
<sect3><title>zipsplit</title>
<para><command>zipsplit</command> is a utility to split
<filename>ZIP</filename> files into smaller files.</para></sect3>
                                                                               
                                                                               
</sect2>

</sect1>