File README for:

unzip51.zip    portable UnZip v5.1 for Unix, VMS, OS/2, MS-DOS, Windows,
                 Macintosh, Windows NT, Amiga, TOPS-20, [Atari], [[VM/CMS??]]
unzip51.zoo    same as above, but ZOO format
unzip51.tar.Z  same as above, but compress'd tar format

A public distribution version of the Info-ZIP project's generic UnZip
utility; xx September 1992.
[temporary mailing address:  zip-bugs@cs.ucla.edu]

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BEFORE YOU ASK:  UnZip, its companion utility Zip, and related utilities
and support files can be found in many places; read the file "Where" for
further details.  To contact the authors with suggestions, bug reports, or
fixes, continue reading this file (README) and the file "ZipRules".  For
a list of known bugs and possible future features, read "BUGS".  And for a
commented listing of the files included in the source distribution, read
"Contents" in said distribution.

ALSO NOTE:  Info-ZIP's mailing addresses have CHANGED!  See below.
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This version of UnZip has been ported to a wide array of microcomputers,
minis, mainframes and supercomputers; and operating systems including
Unix, VMS, TOPS-20, OS/2, MS-DOS (+ Windows), Windows NT, Amiga, Minix, 
and Macintosh.  Although highly compatible with PKWARE's PKZIP and PKUNZIP
utilities of MS-DOS and OS/2 fame, our primary objectives have been porta-
bility and other-than-MSDOS functionality.  UnZip features not found in
PKUNZIP include source code; default extraction of directory trees (with 
a switch to defeat this, rather than the reverse); VMS, Macintosh and 
OS/2 extended file attributes; and, of course, the ability to run under 
most of your favorite operating systems.  Plus, it's free. :-)

See the main Contents file for a list of what's included.  The individual
operating systems Contents files (e.g., VMS/Contents) may list important
compilation info in addition to explaining what files are what, so be sure
to read them if you're not compiling under Unix.  Some of the ports have
their own, special README files, so be sure to look for those, too.

New features in this version include full Amiga and TOPS-20 support, funzip
ports to OS/2 and ...

See unzip.1 or unzip.doc for usage (or zipinfo.1/zipinfo.doc for ZipInfo
usage, or funzip.1/funzip.doc--do you sense a pattern here?--for FUnZip
usage).  Unfortunately the VMS versions of these documents are out of date
now; we hope to correct this soon.

All bug reports and patches (context diffs only, please!) should go to 
zip-bugs@xx.xxxx.edu, and suggestions for new features can be sent to 
info-zip@xx.xxxx.edu (although we don't promise to use all suggestions).
If it's something which is manifestly useful, sending the required patches 
to zip-bugs directly is likely to produce a quicker response than asking 
us to do it.  Those directly responsible for updating the code are somewhat
short on time these days.  If you're considering a port, however, please 
check in with Info-ZIP FIRST, since the code is constantly being updated 
behind the scenes (witness the new Amiga and TOPS-20 ports in this ver-
sion; VM/CMS and QDOS ports are under construction).  We'll arrange to 
send you the latest source.  The alternative is the possibility that your 
hard work will be tucked away in a sub-archive and pretty much ignored 
(or maybe just lost).

If you'd like to keep up to date with our UnZip (and companion Zip utility)
development, join the ranks of beta testers, add your own thoughts and con-
tributions, etc., send your request to Info-ZIP-Request@xx.xxxx.edu and 
Xxxx Xxxxx will add you to the Info-ZIP newsletter mailing list.

Greg Roelofs (Cave Newt), UnZip maintainer,
with inspiration from David Kirschbaum