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From: loafman@convex.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Standard format for ARCed files
Message-ID: <92500006@convex>
Date: 16 Mar 88 16:52:00 GMT
References: <21480@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA>
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Nf-From: convex.UUCP!loafman    Mar 16 10:52:00 1988


> /* Written 10:12 pm  Mar 14, 1988 by rrodrigu@teknowledge-vaxc.UUCP */
> /* ---------- "Re: Standard format for ARCed files" ---------- */
> [...stuff deleted]
> Who care whether the UN*X archive program can read them or not??? This is 
> COMP.BINARIES.IBM.PC, not COMP.UN*X, so whatever you pull off this 
> board is going to end up on a PC anyway. I vote for the self-extracting 
> archives over the arced-only files.  I guess it's a vote for whether to
> use the ZOO or the Phil Katz self extracting archivers.  I'll take either
> but condemn to death the UN*X archive utility.
> [...stuff deleted]
> Russell

I care!  I would like to have the ability to preview the documentation
in the archive _before_ I tie up phone lines to download it.  The
headers do not always tell me about the 'glitch' that would make this
particular posting useless to me, so why spend time downloading it.
If you're reading the net, you probably are on a UNIX box anyway, so
why not keep it the best of both worlds?  So I vote _for_ pkarc format
with the -oct option to stay compatible with SEA's archiver.

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