Compression utility

[mordock32]

I'm trying to avoid writing it myself, but I need a standalone
compression program (preferably small) that I can run from the command
line. Something that I can copy (along with a batch script that calls
it) to hundreds of systems without having to install anything. Does
anyone know if a good program that does this?

 

[Mark R. Blain]

I'm trying to avoid writing it myself, but I need a standalone
compression program (preferably small) that I can run from the command
line. Something that I can copy (along with a batch script that calls
it) to hundreds of systems without having to install anything. Does
anyone know if a good program that does this?

Info-Zip.
http://www.info-zip.org/

 

[Mark V]

I'm trying to avoid writing it myself, but I need a standalone
compression program (preferably small) that I can run from the
command line. Something that I can copy (along with a batch
script that calls it) to hundreds of systems without having to
install anything. Does anyone know if a good program that does
this?

Info-Zip
http://www.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/

 

[foxidrive]

I'm trying to avoid writing it myself, but I need a standalone
compression program (preferably small) that I can run from the command
line. Something that I can copy (along with a batch script that calls
it) to hundreds of systems without having to install anything. Does
anyone know if a good program that does this?

Does W2K have:

Microsoft (R) Cabinet Maker - Version 5.1.2600.2180
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved..

MAKECAB [/V[n]] [/D var=value ...] [/L dir] source [destination]
MAKECAB [/V[n]] [/D var=value ...] /F directive_file [...]

source File to compress.
destination File name to give compressed file. If omitted, the
last character of the source file name is replaced
with an underscore (_) and used as the destination.
/F directives A file with MakeCAB directives (may be repeated).
/D var=value Defines variable with specified value.
/L dir Location to place destination (default is current directory).
/V[n] Verbosity level (1..3).

 

[Willem Kossen]

I'm trying to avoid writing it myself, but I need a standalone
compression program (preferably small) that I can run from the command
line. Something that I can copy (along with a batch script that calls
it) to hundreds of systems without having to install anything. Does
anyone know if a good program that does this?

arj, zoo, pkzip, 7-zip, lzh, arc, makecab.exe, rar, gzip, bzip2, ace,
compress, lha, sit, etc

simtel has lots of downloads, not all are completely free, some are
shareware. I suggest using bzip2 or 7-zip because they are free and compress
better than the others.

Good luck.