zip files

I noticed Peazip (Windows freeware program) compresses zip files with bzip2 method. Perhaps this is not the default though. Is it possible to open/extract these archives within AmigaOS somehow? Well, I'm sure it is, but how much trouble is it?

Have you tried with unarc?
It can extract .bz2 files. Ain't that the same????

No, UnArc can only handle "store" and "deflate" in zip files. All the necessary algorithms are already in various libraries, it's just a little reorganisation that is necessary for this. I was also thinking something like FileX might help, if you know the structure of a zip file well enough.

Oh, and debian unzip 6.0 can already handle those files.

What if you change the entension to .bz2 ?

I think XAD/UnArc don't care about the extension, but bzip2 complained about the magic number IIRC.

They will be ZIPX files, they are exactly the same as normal ZIP files but with a different compression method (IIRC).

I did have it scribbled on my pad to write a XAD client at one point, then I realised I have never encountered a ZIPX file except once at work, so have no motivation to do it.