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From: dave@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Dave Goldblatt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.binaries.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Standard format for ARCed files
Message-ID: <551@sun.soe.clarkson.edu>
Date: 14 Mar 88 03:42:51 GMT
References: <5439@swan.ulowell.edu>
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From article <5439@swan.ulowell.edu>, by boneill@hawk.ulowell.edu (SoftXc Coordinator):
> 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.

Not really; I like to check things out on our Unix system; if you don't
have a direct Ethernet line to your netnews host, isn't it easier to look
at the files on the host rather than spending hours downloading 'em? :-)

Suggestion: Use PKARC with the /oct option to create ARC-compatible
archives.  Do not use MAKESFX.  Some arc programs will read self-extracting
archives, but some die on them.

-dg-

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