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From: andy@mks.com (Andy Toy)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: which archiver/compresser and encoder/decoder to use?
Keywords: archivers, compression, encoding
Message-ID: <1990Feb14.154555.2435@mks.com>
Date: 14 Feb 90 15:45:55 GMT
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Reply-To: andy@mks.com (Andy Toy)
Organization: Mortice Kern Systems, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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What will we use?  We have used or are using arc, zoo and
uuencode/uudecode.  Should we change to something new or avoid the
hassle of yet another change?  If we are going to change (or not) then
let's see what we have to work with.  Please make comments and
additions about the following lists.  

Let me list the archive programmes that might be used:

	arc,pkarc,pkpak,...
	zoo
	pkzip
	lharc
	tar,cpio,shar/compress

Some important factors include portability, compression ratio, speed, 
and ease of use.

Some of the possible encoding/decoding schemes that are available are:

	uuencode/uudecode
	atob/btoa
	abe
	xxencode/xxdecode

Considerations include portability, expansion ratio, ability to handle
multiple parts, keep clear text intact, and effect of network gateways.

I make some comments in a followup.
-- 
Andy Toy, Mortice Kern Systems Inc.,       Internet: andy@mks.com
  35 King Street North, Waterloo,       UUCP: uunet!watmath!mks!andy
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