[REBOL] Re: zip file support wanted - help needed
From: jkinraid:clear at: 14-Mar-2001 21:12
Hi Pekr,
> today I talked to Carl at Express conference. We talked about
> possibility of adding .zip support to Rebol. Few ppl requested the
> feature some time ago, and I can personally find it usefull. WinAmp for
> e.g. uses .zip files for skins too, it even doesn't unpack them on hd. I
> surely don't know Rebol internals, but maybe it could work as a scheme?
> e.g.:
Doesn't WinAmp unpack them to your Windows temp dir?
> write %rebol.exe read zip:///c/rebol/download/core031.zip/rebol.exe
>
> Rebol currently has some kind of compression/decompression available.
> Carl agreed to support requested feature, but RT lacks enough manpower
> to handle all tasks they need to do. So - is here anyone who knows C
> well, and would like to code it for RT? Or at least - are there any
> sources available to study, or even complete open source solutions (of
> course, with licence allowing RT to add it into Rebol)?
http://www.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/
Uses a BSD based license.
Julian Kinraid
