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Old 12-16-2007   #1 (permalink)
Hassan


 
 

what is the underlying compress command used ?

When we right click on files, there is the option to send to compressed
foler... my question is whats the underlying command that Windows uses ?


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Old 12-16-2007   #2 (permalink)
Andrew McLaren


 
 

Re: what is the underlying compress command used ?

"Hassan" <hassan@xxxxxx> wrote...
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> When we right click on files, there is the option to send to compressed
> foler... my question is whats the underlying command that Windows uses ?
There isn't any.

The zip compression is only avialable via the Explorer GUI. It's implemented
as a DLL (zipfldr.dll) which is loaded into the Explorer process space.
There's no stand-alone EXE or equivalent command-line option, to zip or
unzip files.

Microsoft licensed the zip compression code from a 3rd party company. Part
of the deal was there'd be no compression command, so as to not impact sales
of 3rd party compression utilities. If you need a command-line commpression
command, you'll need to find a tool to do the job, such as Winzip.

Hope it helps,

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Andrew McLaren
amclar (at) optusnet dot com dot au


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