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Subject: Re: Standard format for ARCed files
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Date: 16 Mar 88 15:23:06 GMT
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In article <9945@steinmetz.steinmetz.UUCP> davidsen@kbsvax.steinmetz.UUCP (William E. Davidsen Jr) writes:
>In article <21480@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA> rrodrigu@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA (Russ Rodriguez) writes:
>>
>>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.
>
>  You're missing the point. Most of the people reading this do so on
>UNIX machines. If the ARC file can be read in UNIX we can look at the
>doc and decide if the program justifies the effort of pulling it over a
>phone line.
>

I had no intention when I originally posted about the self-extracting
archives of alienating anybody. I had forgotten about those of you who use
the UNIX ARC program, as I was never able to get it to work properly. No
that I have a working version, I understand your purpose. As far as
concealing trojans within them, I think it is the duty of the moderator to
test them before posting, preventing trojans from reaching the net. If a
trojan was posted, then everybody knows who to blame.

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