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From: boneill@hawk.ulowell.edu (SoftXc Coordinator)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.binaries.ibm.pc
Subject: Standard format for ARCed files
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Date: 14 Mar 88 00:35:50 GMT
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I propose a standard format for ARCed files uploaded to comp.binaries.ibm.pc
could be as follows:

	1) The moderator would ARC the files using PKARC 3.5
	2) The moderator would use the MAKESFX program to create a
           self-extracting archive.

This would eliminate the need for anyone to have a specific archive
extractor, hopefully simplifying any problems.

I am currently seeing about the possibility of setting up a moderation site
here at the University, but I won't know for certain for a while.

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Brian O'Neill					University of Lowell
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