mo8j@vax5.CIT.CORNELL.EDU (07/13/89)
I have a C64 archive utility program. After I load and run it, the
screen says something like :
C64 ARCHIVE FILE UTILITY VERSION 2.30
COPYRIGHT BY AMPERE METAL 1986
current date xxxxxxxxx
ready
Now let say I have an archive file abc.arc. I tried to do something like:
load "abc.arc",8,1
The 1541 keeps reading and never stops ! If I did this:
load "abc.arc",8
run
then the screen would say
ready
So, what am I missing here? Did I use the correct program or procedure
to un-arc an archive file ? Please HELP !
PATRICK
PCW@SQUID.TN.CORNELL.EDU
PWONG@TCGOULD.TN.CORNELL.EDU
MO8J@VAX5.CIT.CORNELL.EDUaliu@castor.usc.edu (Alejandro Liu - "ArchLich of Navarrone") (07/14/89)
Archive on the c64 is a wedge program. That means, you load up archive and
run it. You get the "ready." message again. Then, you have a couple of options
such as:
to list the files in an archive, type:
arc/l filename[.arc] (arc extension is optional)
arc/v filename[.arc] (verify an archive)
arc/c filename[.arc] file1 file2 file3 ... (create an archive)
arc/x filename[.arc] dissolve an archive
[] denotes optional text
By the way, try to find version 2.5 (250). The docs are available at the
finnish compuker mentioned before, ftp 128.214.5.6, but I think they are
version 2.3 Get the docs, there are many more commands available. Key thing
is: 1) you have to type the commands in dirrect mode.
2) never put any spaces in a filename (if there is a space, use ?)
3) you don't load the archive in memory (most likely it would crash the
computer, by loading over the zero page)
4) if you download the archive by x-modem, use the "fix" command to
remove the padding:
arc/f filename[.arc]
Also, there is a little unarc'er that un-arcs MS-DOS files (created on IBM's,
amigas, atari ST's, etc)...
Good Luck, and GET THE DOCS.brendan@gryphon.COM (Brendan Kehoe) (07/14/89)
mo8j@vax5.CIT.CORNELL.EDU wrote in comp.sys.cbm: >So, what am I missing here? Did I use the correct program or procedure >to un-arc an archive file ? Please HELP ! First, you're missing the docs!! To simply extract the files from an arc file, do: arc/x <filename> -- Brendan Kehoe brendan@gryphon.com | "Oh No! I forgot to say goodbye to my mind!" Just for the summer | - Abby Normal
Geoffrey.Welsh@p0.f171.n221.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Geoffrey Welsh) (07/14/89)
> From: mo8j@vax5.CIT.CORNELL.EDU > Message-ID: <19019@vax5.CIT.CORNELL.EDU> > Now let say I have an archive file abc.arc. I tried to do something like: > > load "abc.arc",8,1 > load "abc.arc",8 > run > So, what am I missing here? Did I use the correct program or procedure > to un-arc an archive file ? Please HELP ! You can't run a file in ARCed format! Give the command: arc /x abc Geoff P.S.: WARNING: Chris Smeets' ARC (for the C64 and C128) is *not* compatible with the ARC format designed by System Enhancement Associates ("SEA") and used by many programs. If Chris' ARC utility reports an archive type error, the file is most likely a SEA format archive. I should have CSXARC, Chris' SEA-compatible ARC dissolver, lying around here somewhere. Because of bad past experiences with posting shareware here, I will only send it (UUENCODEd) via UUCP mail to those specifically requesting it. Requests to any address in the sig below. ================================================================= UUCP: watmath!egvideo!zswamp!izot | 66 Mooregate Crescent FidoNet: SYSOP, 1:221/171 | Suite 602 Internet: izot@zswamp.fidonet.org | Kitchener, Ontario PunterNet: 7/GEOFFREY WELSH | N2M 5E6 CANADA BBS: (519) 742-8939 24h/7d 9600 HST | (519) 741-9553 ================================================================= -- Geoffrey Welsh - via FidoNet node 1:221/162 UUCP: ...!watmath!isishq!171.0!Geoffrey.Welsh Internet: Geoffrey.Welsh@p0.f171.n221.z1.FIDONET.ORG