In this Compression and Archiving directory, you will find tools that extract (or create) files from various archive or compressed formats popular for file exchange on DOS and Unix platforms. Macintosh utilities are included in the separate Macintosh area, because they are not generally interoperable between platforms to the extent of the DOS and Unix tools. Tools for VMS or other operating systems are welcome; please mail info to jgoerzen@complete.org. The if-archive mirror contains a number of files in its download tools section. If you are looking for archive or compression software for your platform, and don't find something in the format you want, also check that mirror.