> I'd like to make a modification to ZipMax to make it work with compressors that
> don't support long filenames.
>
> Essentially, when ZipMax unzips the original archive, I want to make it rename
> the files with sequential numbers as filenames ("0", "1", "2", etc..) as they
> are being unzipped. Assuming a maximum 8 character filename, this gives a
> possible 100,000,000 filenames.
>
> Then the files (with modified filenames) are run through all the external
> compressors and the best compressed files are chosen and multiplexed together
> into a new zip using the original filenames.
>
> Before I embark down this road, is there anything that I am overlooking?
>
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> "11 seconds is nothing compared to the amount of time in your life you actually
> waste playing the game" -- Haze
>


There is a Win32 API function which gives you the correct 8.3 name from a long filename.
I'm not sure if it's worth the trouble. All newer packers usually pack better than the old ones which only supports 8.3 names.....

Roman Scherzer
ClrMamePro