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diff --git a/archivers/szdd/pkg/DESCR b/archivers/szdd/pkg/DESCR new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..31fe423d712 --- /dev/null +++ b/archivers/szdd/pkg/DESCR @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +SZDD is a weak LZSS compressor, which was used by Microsoft for many years +in their installation software - all those files with a letter taken from +the end of their extension, eg HELLO.EX_ + +This package includes szddexpand which will decompress szdd files. +Be careful, szddexpand overwrites the original compressed file. +Do like so: szddexpand HELLO.EX_ && mv HELLO.EX_ HELLO.EXE + +SZDD was replaced with 'KWAJ' in the 1996 Microsoft Setup Toolkit. This +package does not grok the undocumented 'KWAJ' format. + +One day Johnathan Forbes decided to work for Microsoft, and sold them his +LZX compression technology. So now Microsoft uses LZX compression in their +installation archives, under the guise of "CAB" files. |