wizard@sosaria.UUCP (Chris Brand) (09/30/89)
This is a litte survey about how good all these arc tools for the Amiga are: -----rwed 89-09-26 22:55:52 24 12163 back.doc -----rwed 89-09-26 22:56:16 38 19392 backup -----rwed 89-09-26 22:56:16 43 21700 BackUP.ARC -----rwed 89-09-26 23:14:03 39 19849 Backup.ARC.LZH -----rwed 89-09-26 22:56:16 62 31615 BACKUP.ARCS -----rwed 89-09-26 23:14:42 33 16496 Backup.ARCs.LZH -----rwed 89-09-26 23:00:28 41 20672 Backup.BAK -----rwed 89-09-26 23:15:22 40 20089 Backup.BAK.LZH -----rwed 89-09-26 22:58:19 32 16256 Backup.LZH -----rwed 89-09-26 23:03:38 62 31581 Backup.PAK -----rwed 89-09-26 23:16:05 33 16436 Backup.PAK.LZH -----rwed 89-09-26 23:06:23 63 31928 Backup.SH -----rwed 89-09-26 23:16:36 33 16682 Backup.SH.LZH -----rwed 89-09-26 23:05:56 66 33792 Backup.TAR -----rwed 89-09-26 23:17:21 33 16650 Backup.TAR.LZH -----rwed 89-09-25 22:56:16 40 20401 Backup.ZOO -----rwed 89-09-26 23:17:48 40 20085 Backup.ZOO.LZH -----rwed 89-09-25 22:56:16 63 31795 Backup.ZOOf -----rwed 89-09-26 23:18:24 33 16592 Backup.ZOOf.LZH -----rwed 89-09-26 23:22:38 42 21318 Backup.ZOOf.Z -----rwed 89-09-26 23:11:37 46 23102 Backup.ZOOpp -----rwed 89-09-26 23:18:58 44 22515 Backup.ZOOpp.LZH Dirs:0 Files:23 Blocks:950 Bytes:481109 The first to files had to be archived (31555 bytes). I don't have to explain the files ending with .ARC, .PAK, .Z, .SH and .TAR (Note the the last to were not compressed, justed archived.) .LZH is the ending of LHARC V0.5. ARCs and ZOOf are normal ARC resp. ZOO archives with the s resp. f option, meaning no compression, since I wanted to run them through LHARC. So Backup.PAK.LZH is a PACK-IT archive that went afterwards through LHARC. .BAK comes from Matt Dillon's BACKUP. ZOOpp is a normal ZOO file, but the binary was first crunched with the PowerPacker2.3a (compression rate Good). As everyone can see, LHARC gives the best compression rate. It doesn't support to archive whole paths (yet?), but if you want to do that run the files through PACK-IT or ZOO (don't forget the f option) and then through LHARC. -- ---------------------------------------- Chris Brand - wizard@sosaria.ccs.imp.com "Justice is the possession and doing of what one is entitled to" - Platon ----------------------------------------