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From: lmb7421@ultb.UUCP (L.M. Barstow)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: NuARC v2.00 (Apple //gs APW NuFX Archive Utility)
Keywords: Interesting....
Message-ID: <1130@ultb.UUCP>
Date: 8 Aug 89 18:06:36 GMT
References: <746@greens.UUCP>
Reply-To: lmb7421@ultb.isc.rit.edu.UUCP (L.M. Barstow)
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In article <746@greens.UUCP> matthew@sunpix.UUCP ( Sun Visualization Products) writes:
>Here's the options list as per the comp.binaries.apple2 posting.
>	Usage: nuarc option archive-name [filenames]
>	  a - add to archive [v2.0 - uncompressed only]
>	  c - create archive (add, but suppress 'create' message)
>	  i - verify archive integrity [v2.0 - read file, check CRCs]
>	  t - display table of contents (list filenames only)
>First:	't' is the option used to 'test' the intergrity of archives under
>	ARC and ZOO. I recommend it be used under NuARC also.
>
Andy McFadden has stated that his NuARC program is to be ported to UNIX.
I assume he is used to the UNIX tar command, which uses 't' as he does.
I have never seen ARC *or* ZOO (I assume they're IBMish), and so I have
no hard feelings for this arrangement.

>Fourth:A question.  What is the difference between 'a' and 'c'?  Is 'c' 
Again, tar uses 'a' to add to an existing archive (I'm not sure if it
does what NuARC does, ie create an archive if it doesn't exist)
'c' creates a new archive, and adds any files you specify into it.

It seems just a matter of what one is used to.
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