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1.1     ! root        1: Copyright (C) 1990-1992 Mark Adler, Richard B. Wales, Jean-loup Gailly,
        !             2: Kai Uwe Rommel and Igor Mandrichenko.
        !             3: Permission is granted to any individual or institution to use, copy, or
        !             4: redistribute this software so long as all of the original files are included
        !             5: unmodified, that it is not sold for profit, and that this copyright notice
        !             6: is retained.
        !             7: 
        !             8: 
        !             9: Zip 1.9 is a compression and file packaging utility.  It is analogous to a
        !            10: combination of tar and compress and is compatible with PKZIP 1.93a
        !            11: (Phil Katz ZIP) for MSDOS systems.  There is a companion to zip called
        !            12: unzip (of course) which you should be able to find the same place you
        !            13: got zip. (See the file 'where' for details on ftp sites and mail
        !            14: servers.)
        !            15: 
        !            16: This version of zip has been ported to a wide array of Unix and other
        !            17: mainframes, minis, and micros including VMS, OS/2, Minix, MSDOS,
        !            18: Windows NT, Atari, and Macintosh (the latter two have not been tested
        !            19: recently).  Although highly compatible with PKware's PKZIP and PKUNZIP
        !            20: utilities of MSDOS fame, our primary objective has been one of
        !            21: portability and other-than-MSDOS functionality.  Features not found in
        !            22: the PKWare version include creation of zip files in a pipe or on a
        !            23: device, VMS and OS/2 extended file attributes, conversion from Unix to
        !            24: MSDOS text file format; and, of course, the ability to run on most of
        !            25: your favorite operating systems. And it's free.
        !            26: 
        !            27: If you got this file from zip19.zip, you can extract the rest only
        !            28: with unzip 5.0 or pkzip 1.93a. See the file 'Where' if you do not
        !            29: have them already.
        !            30: 
        !            31: Please read the file install.doc for information on how to compile and
        !            32: install zip, zipsplit and zipnote.  Please read the file zip.doc for
        !            33: information on how to use them.  The file "contents" is a complete
        !            34: list of the files you should have in this distribution.  Also, if you
        !            35: are using MSDOS, you should read the note on file formats at the end
        !            36: of the contents file.
        !            37: 
        !            38: This version supports encryption, but the encryption code is distributed
        !            39: separately because of the US export regulations. See the file 'Where'
        !            40: for access to the encryption code. Decryption can be made with unzip 5.0
        !            41: or later, or with zipcloak (which is provided in the encryption supplement).
        !            42: 
        !            43: All bug reports and patches should go to [email protected], and
        !            44: suggestions for new features can be sent to [email protected]
        !            45: (although we don't promise to use all suggestions).  Patches should be
        !            46: sent as context diffs only (diff -c).
        !            47: 
        !            48: If you're considering a port, please check in with zip-bugs FIRST,
        !            49: since the code is constantly being updated behind the scenes.  We'll
        !            50: arrange to give you access to the latest source.  The alternative is the
        !            51: possibility that your hard work will be tucked away in a sub-archive
        !            52: and pretty much ignored. A port to VM/CMS would be welcome.
        !            53: 
        !            54: If you'd like to keep up to date with our zip (and companion unzip utility)
        !            55: development, join the ranks of BETA testers, add your own thoughts and
        !            56: contributions, etc., send your request to [email protected] and 
        !            57: you will be added to the Info-ZIP newsletter mailing list.
        !            58: 
        !            59: 
        !            60: IMPORTANT NOTES:
        !            61: 
        !            62: - pkzip 1.93a is only an alpha version (see historical notes below). If
        !            63:   you wish to create zip files compatible with the official version of
        !            64:   pkzip (1.10), you must use zip 1.0. zip 1.9 cannot create files
        !            65:   with the old compression method (implosion).
        !            66: 
        !            67: - zip 1.9 is is compatible with pkzip 1.93a, except when two features
        !            68:   are used: encryption or zip file created in a pipe or on a non
        !            69:   seekable device. pkzip versions of 2.0 will support such files, and
        !            70:   unzip 5.0 already supports them. (Thanks to Phil Katz for accepting
        !            71:   our suggested minor changes to the zip file format.)
        !            72: 
        !            73: - the ports to the Macintosh and the Atari ST have been provided in
        !            74:   the hope that they can be useful, but they have been adapted from an
        !            75:   older version of zip (1.0) and are still completely untested. A
        !            76:   makefile is still missing for the Mac. Another Macintosh port is
        !            77:   being made by Johnny Lee <[email protected]> but it requires
        !            78:   more substantial changes so it will be distributed separately.
        !            79: 
        !            80: - Please read the file zip.doc, and in particular its list of known bugs
        !            81:   at the end.
        !            82: 
        !            83: Historical notes:
        !            84: 
        !            85: At the time of release of zip 1.9, the official released version of
        !            86: PKZIP is version 1.10. PKZIP 1.93a is only an alpha version, which was
        !            87: released in October 1991. It was supposed to be replaced soon after
        !            88: with an official release of pkzip 2.0.  However, Phil Katz has not yet
        !            89: announced a release date at the time of writing (Aug 19th, 1992).
        !            90: 
        !            91: Beta versions of zip compatible with pkzip 1.93a have been available
        !            92: since February 1992 to the info-zip group (see the file 'history').
        !            93: The zip authors would have preferred to release zip 2.0 only after
        !            94: pkzip 2.0(*), to ensure full compatibility in case of archive format
        !            95: changes between pkzip 1.93a and 2.0. However we feel that we cannot
        !            96: delay any further the release of zip 1.9, since all the major features
        !            97: that we wanted to put in are now available and well tested by the
        !            98: info-zip group.
        !            99: 
        !           100: (*) The version number for the new pkzip was planned to be 2.00, but may
        !           101:     be increased to a number greater than 2.2 to prevent confusion with
        !           102:     several bogus versions, which may destroy all the data on your hard
        !           103:     disk if you run them.

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