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From: rce229@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: PKARC patch for SEA compatibility s
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Date: 2 Mar 88 03:58:00 GMT
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> I know I can use the /oct option to prevent PKARC from using
> sqashing.  But someone just mentioned a patch to make this permanent.
> I would like this so that I don't have to remember to type /oct
> every time I make an archive.

> Somebody please post the patch.  BUT FIRST check to see that it
> has not yet been posted.  You are not the first to respond to this
> article.  (Well, someone is but probably not you.)

Do you have PKARC Version 3.5?  If not, get that version.  (someone
said they'd be posting it 5-Mar)

The programs should be posted as PKX35A35.EXE, which is a self-
extracting archive that will create PKARC, PKXARC, and all
documentation when you run it.  (The PKARC documentation describes
the "patch" I will list below)

To disable squashing:
1.  Create a PKARC.CFG file in some convenient directory
    It should contain one line:  SQUASH=DISABLE
2.  Add to your AUTOEXEC.BAT file:  SET PKARC.CFG=<path>
    where <path> is the directory in which you put PKARC.CFG
(3) You can also add the line: ARCTIME=LATEST 
    to PKARC.CFG to timestamp the .ARC file with the original
    method.