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From: crs@cpsc6a.att.com (Chris (I'm a programmer, not a Doctor!!) Seaman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: PKZip Amiga arrives
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Date: 15 Jan 90 20:21:03 GMT
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lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips) writes:
< pete@i-core.UUCP (Pete Ashdown) writes:
< >What is really nice about it is the fact that the whole thing is
< >intuitionized, which IMHO makes it a better program than all the other
< >compressors combined.
< 
< The fact that it cannot be run without manual intervention makes it, IMHO, the
< single worst solution to archiving that I can think of. Given the choice
< between a slow, poorly compressing archiver that can be run from a script
< without manual intervention, and one that requires manual intervention, I would
< opt for the former every time, and save myself a lot of time and aggravation,
< considering the amount of archiving/unarchiving I do.

Could you provide an example of how you use Zoo with no manual intervention?
Frankly, in all the time I've been using the Amiga, I've never found a need
to do so.  I don't spend that much of my time archiving/unarchiving files.

Besides, it seems that, in order to use an archiver that requires 'no' manual
intervention, one would still need to 'intervene' to build the script:
At least the use of a text editor, and some form of command line
syntax, which might include determining the working directory and/or tree
structure to be archived.

< Unfortunately, there are so many folks who will jump on PKAZip as their
< archiver of choice, I will be forced to use at least the 'unZip only' version,
< which can be run from a script. I will be using it to convert any ZIPped files
< to something more useful.

Interesting.  I have just begun converting my Zoo'ed files to PKAZip, since
I find it more useful.  To each his own, I guess.

< -larry
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