steve@thelake.mn.org (Steve Yelvington) (10/10/90)
There have been a couple of (unanswered, I think) questions lately about how to use zoo.ttp to automatically archive subdirectories and to automatically create subdirectories relative to the current directory when unpacking files. There are two so-called "novice" commands to do this. They are not explained in the helpscreen that appears when you run "zoo h". The commands are: zoo -backup file.zoo *.* This packs everything in the current directory and all relative subdirectories, preserving the (relative) path information. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ zoo -restore file.zoo This explodes an archive, creating any necessary subdirectories relative to the current working directory. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I'm told that an early version of zoo fails to perform these operations properly on the ST. The version I have that works includes the following header. Check the date and time: Zoo archiver, Version 2.01STg (1988/08/25 12:43:57) (C) Copyright 1988 Rahul Dhesi -- Noncommercial use permitted Atari ST version by Daan Josephus Jitta (1989/05/31 21:21:41) Usage: zoo {acDeglLPTuUvx}[aAcCdEfInmMNoOpPqu1:/.@n] archive file ("zoo h" for help) -- Steve Yelvington up at the lake in Minnesota Internet: steve@thelake.mn.org UUCP: {plains,rutgers,apple,cray}!umn-cs!thelake!steve