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From: styer@pyr.gatech.EDU (Eugene Styer)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: deARCing binaries (How?)
Message-ID: <5063@pyr.gatech.EDU>
Date: 23 Feb 88 16:11:49 GMT
References: <812@pasteur.Berkeley.Edu> <170001@hpcvlx.HP.COM>
Reply-To: styer@pyr.UUCP (Eugene Styer)
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology
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In article <170001@hpcvlx.HP.COM> bill@hpcvlx.HP.COM (Bill Frolik) writes:
>/ hpcvlx:comp.binaries.ibm.pc / c60b-ap@buddy.Berkeley.EDU (Ron Mirasol) /  2:13 pm  Feb 17, 1988 /
>
>What archive format exactly is this?  I have been unable to "deARC"
>any binaries that I have downloaded from the net.  I tried UNIX "ar"
>but this apparently isn't the format.  I'm sure others have had
>similar problems, so if some kind soul out there could post an answer
>it would be appreciated (as opposed to e-mail).
>
>Thanks, 
>Ron Mirasol
>----------

Having run into this problem a while back, I did some searching of my own
and maybe can help.  First, if you have access to a PC, look around for
the current version of ARC (5.20) or PKARC, which seem to come around
periodically, and are available on most archives.  Otherwise, I have
a unix/C version that I can send you.  Unfortunately it occasionally
gives a "you need a newer version" message, but it is still better than
nothing.
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Eugene Styer
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Georgia Insitute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
(404)-872-9185
   styer@gitpyr.gatech.edu