On Sunday, December 28, 2003 04:28 am, Duane Attaway wrote:

> When using the gnu/zip utility, use the -9 option for maximum compression.
> The default compression level is -6, which improves speed.

I tried -9, and the files I produced were still larger than the 
self-extractors that my Dad produced, presumably with a current WinZIP.

I had standardized on ARJ when I ran my BBS, but RAR was just making it's 
appearance when I stopped caring about disk space.