OT: looking for a good Zip Tool on Mac

[Neal Campbell]

Its not free but look at BetterZip.

Neal Campbell
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On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 6:21 AM, Tiemo Hollmann TB<toolbook at kestner.de> wrote:
> Hi Mark
> Thanks for your guide.
> one additional question: Is it standard on Mac, that the expander creates a
> folder with the name of the zip file in the target dir, or does that depend
> on the kind of creating the zip file and can't be choosen while extracting?
> Thanks
> Tiemo
>
>> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>> Von: use-revolution-bounces at lists.runrev.com [mailto:use-revolution-
>> bounces at lists.runrev.com] Im Auftrag von Mark Schonewille
>> Gesendet: Freitag, 3. Juli 2009 12:19
>> An: How to use Revolution
>> Betreff: Re: OT: looking for a good Zip Tool on Mac
>>
>> Hi Tiemo,
>>
>> I prepare all my zip files for distribution on my Mac. Somtimes, I
>> need to create a zip file without Mac-specific files. I do this with
>> the shell and two simple Revolution scripts.
>>
>> I have a stack with a field, containing the following scripts:
>>
>> on dragdrop
>>     put the dragData
>>     put the dragData into myFile
>>     if there is a file myFile or there is a folder myFile then
>>        put myFile into me
>>     else
>>        beep
>>        put empty into me
>>     end if
>> end dragdrop
>>
>>
>> and a button with:
>>
>> on mouseUp
>>     set the itemDel to slash
>>     if there is a folder fld "File" or there is a file fld "File" then
>>        set the directory to item 1 to -2 of fld "File"
>>        put item -1 of fld "File" & ".zip" into myZipFile
>>        put "zip -r" && quote & myZipFile & quote  && quote & item -1
>> of fld "File" & quote && " -x .* *.DS_Store *Icon*" into myShell
>>        put shell(myShell)
>>     end if
>> end mouseUp
>>
>> Perhaps this will get you started to build your own GUI.
>>
>> --
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Mark Schonewille
>>
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>>
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>> please send me a reminder.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 3 jul 2009, at 11:45, Tiemo Hollmann TB wrote:
>>
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > I am looking for a Mac OS (freeware?) Zip-Tool with a GUI, where you
>> > can
>> > choose Source and Target Dir, as you can do it with all zip tools on
>> > Win.
>> >
>> > As far as I understand the OS build in zip function and most other
>> > tools I
>> > have found so far, all of them just unzip the zip file directly in the
>> > source folder, without asking for a destination.
>> >
>> > What is a recommended tool on Mac, beside making my own with rev :) ?
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> >
>> > Tiemo
>> >
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