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From: pirc2499@csd4.milw.wisc.edu (James Franc Pirc)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: DeARCing files
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Date: Sat, 8-Aug-87 12:27:32 EDT
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Posted: Sat Aug  8 12:27:32 1987
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In article <1027@dasys1.UUCP> jlendino@dasys1.UUCP (Jamie Lendino) writes:
>I have a question to ask.  Is there any way I can deARC a file from a RAM
>disk into the drive, or from the drive into the RAM disk?  Many files
>are way too big for my puny little SF 354, and getting my 300K RAM disk
>put into operation seems to be the only alternative.  I know this is a simple
>minded question when compared to the complicated and knowledgeable minds of
>the ST users I'm writing to, but I really need the answer.  Thank you for
>your time, whoever reads and replies to this message.

Of course you can!  At the box where you type eh....just type:

eh A:filename.arc D:

which deARCs from drive to RAM, or the deARC from RAM to drive, use:

eh D:filename.arc A:


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