Xref: utzoo comp.sys.mac.misc:7090 comp.sys.mac.apps:3223
Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!mit-eddie!bloom-beacon!deccrl!news.crl.dec.com!pa.dec.com!rust.zso.dec.com!shlump.nac.dec.com!mcntsh.enet.dec.com!long
From: long@mcntsh.enet.dec.com (Rich Long)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Why I like Compactor (was Re: Don't post stuff using stuffit)
Message-ID: <18564@shlump.nac.dec.com>
Date: 31 Dec 90 17:13:45 GMT
Sender: newsdaemon@shlump.nac.dec.com
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.misc
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Lines: 15


 I prefer Compactor to Stuffit for at least one task: archiving my vast
 collection of shareware/PD programs. For example, I have close to 2MB
 (compressed) of INITs and CDEVs, stored on floppies. I used to have to break
 them up across several floppies as INITs and CDEVs A-M, INITs and CDEVs N-Z,
 etc.

 With Compactor, I can create an archive that spans several floppies, and
 easily add, extract, remove, or rename items to, from, or in the archive,
 all without re-joining it all on my hard disk. To my knowledge, Stuffit
 cannot do this. 

Richard C. Long  *  long@mcntsh.enet.dec.com       
                 *  ...!decwrl!mcntsh.enet.dec.com!long 
                 *  long%mcntsh.dec@decwrl.enet.dec.com