Purpose

You can use PACK and UNPACK to compress and expand files. The options, parameters, and function for PACK2 are identical to PACK.

Note: PACK and PACK2 are shipped with the OS/2 Toolkit. UNPACK and UNPACK2 are shipped with OS/2.

2 Description

Data Compression (PACK) is a tool that reduces the size of a file by compressing its data. Decompression (UNPACK) works in reverse and allows you to expand files. You can use PACK for a single file or group of files, thereby reducing the disk space required for your OS/2 application. The only difference between PACK and PACK2 is that PACK2 has a better compression algorithm. For more information see PACK/UNPACK and PACK2/UNPACK2.