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ZIP plugin for Tux Commander
  Version: 0.4.5
  Release date: 2008-Feb-09

Copyright (C) 2008 Tomas Bzatek <tbzatek@users.sourceforge.net>
http://tuxcmd.sourceforge.net

This plugin uses ZipArchive library v3.2.0
Copyright (C) 2000 - 2007 Artpol Software - Tadeusz Dracz
http://www.artpol-software.com/ZipArchive/
See ZipArchive/License.txt for licensing conditions




This is the ZIP archiving VFS (Virtual File System) plugin for Tux Commander 
file manager. It uses external ZipArchive library, which is statically linked 
thus no additional system libraries are required. Both plugin and the library 
are pretty stable for normal use at their current versions.

Feature highlights:
  *  full read/write support for ZIP archives
  *  full support for Unix file and directory permissions
  *  password protection support (read/write)

To be implemented:
  *  archive consistency testing (needs new VFS API)
  *  creating archives from scratch (needs new VFS API)
  *  compression level setting (needs new VFS API)
  *  multidisk archives 

The current VFS implementation in Tux Commander lacks some extended features
for both archiving and remote filesystems. This is one of the main goals for 
the 0.6.x series.


Known issues:
 - ZipArchive library won't compile under gcc v4.3.0
 - Modifying password protected archive might lead to data corruption



For successful compilation you will need working gcc compiler and glib2 
library installed with development files. The ZipArchive library sources are 
included, no external files are required. 

Compilation has been tested with gcc compiler v4.2.3