PKZIP for DOS


Version: 2.50   (version history)
Date: March 31, 1999
License: Shareware
OS: DOS
Rating: Rating: 4.0/5 (Rate It)
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Popularity: Popularity 6/10
Author: PKWare, Inc.

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Publisher's Description
PKZIP for DOS awarded Softpile Most Popular

PKZIP for DOS is a high performance, full-featured, standard-setting file compression program.

Features of PKZIP include: compact, high-speed file compression using a 'deflation' algorithm; support for Windows 9x long file names; the ability to 'span' a large compressed file across multiple diskettes (with on-the-fly destination diskette formatting); password encryption; authenticity verification; optional zip file and file comments; the ability to store/rebuild directory structures; and more.

This download includes PKZIP for creating ZIP files, PKUNZIP for extracting files from ZIP files, PKSFX for creating self-extracting EXE ZIP files and PKZIPFix for fixing ZIP files.


User Opinions (Showing 1 of 1)
by Byron on Oct 03, 2002 Rating: 4/5
Back to the "Good Old Days" of computing with the premier compression utility of its day. It is easier to span disks with a large Zip file than WinZip (c) is.



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