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Some of the best MS-DOS standalone utilites that I have ever used, and still use are:

PKZIP: I actually bought the last official 6.04g version back in 1993.
It is today's standard for "zip" files, as is the standard CRC which it appends to the zip file.

NORTON UTILITIES: Stilll using most of the individual utilites from the Advanced Edition 4.5 of 1988. Tried newer versions including those after Norton sold out to Symantic, but didn't like them. They want you to live inside their menu shell.

OPT-TECH SORT: Incredibly reliable and extremely fast file sort with a mulitude of options, yet very simple to use. When I need to sort a file from within a QB program, I do a "shell" to this sort.
www.opttech.com

LIST: Can't live without this fabulous file list-to-screen program. Allows things like position at EOF, finding a string, displaying in hex, etc. You can also "shell" out to LIST from your program for a nice scrollable display of some text file. I have an older 1994 version, 9.0h.
www.buerg.com

I'll think of some others. Let me add a closing thought about the above utilities. In many years of using them, I have never had a problem with them. They're bullet-proof.
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EDIT. Need I say more?

XTREE GOLD

10x better than DOSSHELL...

(Okay, sorry. Had to get the really bad humor out of my system for the day.)

Quick Filer (http://www.geocities.com/gstumpff/qf32b.zip) (File manager; it links to LIST and PKZIP/UNZIP.)

Yes, XTREE GOLD is a great utility package, if you don't mind working within a shell.
By the way, do you know where to get/buy a licensed copy? A friend uses it all the time at home, but can't take un-licensed stuff to work (else get fired).
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CHUNKS.EXE

Wizardlife,
For us dummies, what does CHUNKS.EXE do?
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Win 3.1's not bad humor... 8)

Quote:Yes, XTREE GOLD is a great utility package, if you don't mind working within a shell.
By the way, do you know where to get/buy a licensed copy? A friend uses it all the time at home, but can't take un-licensed stuff to work (else get fired).
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I don't know where you can buy XTREE GOLD, but there's some good clones available (ie ZTREE if you use Windows). More info here...

Thanks Plasma, I sent the link to my friend.
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