[Info-vax] Alpha PCSI Database

[Steven Schweda]

> >    I fail to see the benefit of "-C", which preserves the
> > case of the save-set file name,...
> 
> $ ZIP "-VCj" xxx.ZIP xxx.BCK
> 
> zip error: Invalid command arguments (no such option: C)
> 
> $ zip
> Copyright (C) 1990-1999 Info-ZIP
> Type 'zip "-L"' for software license.
> Zip 2.3 (November 29th 1999). Usage:
> zip=="$disk:[dir]zip.exe"
> 
> 
> Do I have to update ZIP? Or can I simply remove the "C" option?
> I can update for other reasons, but is "C" needed in *this* case?

   As I said, I don't see why it would be useful.  In this
century:

ALP $ zip3l
Copyright (c) 1990-2008 Info-ZIP - Type 'zip "-L"' for software license.
Zip 3.0 (July 5th 2008). Usage: zip == "$ disk:[dir]zip.exe"
[...]
  -C   preserve case of file names  -C-  down-case all file names
  -C2  preserve case of ODS2 names  -C2- down-case ODS2 file names* (*=default)
  -C5  preserve case of ODS5 names* -C5- down-case ODS5 file names
  -V   save VMS file attributes (-VV also save allocated blocks past EOF)
[...]

   I doubt that the case of a save-set file name would be
significant in many situations.

   There may have been some other useful feature and fix
changes since 1999, too, but if you really like that fossil,
then I wouldn't want to twist your arm.