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From: Ralf.Brown@B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: I dont want to start ARC vs ZOO wars again, but.. Re^2: Please use ZOO!
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Date: 7 Jul 89 11:20:12 GMT
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In article <3306@titan.camcon.co.uk>, igp@camcon.co.uk (Ian Phillipps) writes:
}andre@targon.UUCP (andre) writes:
}>Also, the pkarc and arc structures have changed over time so that users
}>get the 'I think you need a newer version of arc' message and can't
}>use the stuff before they get their hands on a new version.
}
}ARC 5.21 and PKUNPAK both decode all .ARC files I've ever come across.
}Both have been net-posted in the last year, and are pretty widespread on bbs.

You've obviously never encountered an ARC 6.0 file....  If it is packed using
subdirectories (and I think comments, as well), it will be unreadable by
ARC 5.x and PKARC/PKPAK.  That's why ARC6 has an option to generate
ARC5-compatible files.

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