rlm@drutx.ATT.COM (MesenbrinkRL) (03/28/89)
. I got a archive file containing data files from a BBS. The file is archived, but cannot be unarc'd with unarc16. Evidently, it uses the "squash" technique, which unarc16 does not handle for CP/M. The files are normally used for MSDOS and I've successfully unarc'd them using "PKXARC" on MSDOS and transfered them to my computer. Does anyone know of a CP/M program that will handle this format of archive? Or have I finally found a reason for moving to MSDOS? Any help will be appreciated. Thanks. Bob Mesenbrink Denver, Colorado
w8sdz@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL (Keith Petersen) (03/29/89)
Bob, are you really sure you have UNARC 1.6? It DOES handle squashed
(PKWare) members.
If you're talking about ARCs made by NoGate Consulting's PAK program
which makes "crushed" members then you are right. UNARC 1.6 will not
handle those.
--Keith Petersen
Maintainer of the CP/M & MSDOS archives at wsmr-simtel20.army.mil [26.2.0.74]
Internet: w8sdz@wsmr-simtel20.army.mil
Uucp: {ames,decwrl,harvard,rutgers,ucbvax,uunet}!wsmr-simtel20.army.mil!w8sdzMike_W_Ryan@cup.portal.com (03/29/89)
. > > >I got a archive file containing data files from a BBS. The file is >archived................a I had a similar experience.... The version of UNARC16 I had was 1.2 jun86. Through Simtel and some BBS's I got two newer versions: 1.42 jan87 1.6 march 87 So far I've had better luck with these, but only with ARC's generated by the SEA ARC program. I have my doubts about the now defunct PKARC. If you want these files, let me know Mike_W_Ryan@cup.portal.com
rlm@drutx.ATT.COM (MesenbrinkRL) (03/30/89)
In article <KPETERSEN.12481672362.BABYL@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL>, w8sdz@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL (Keith Petersen) writes: > Bob, are you really sure you have UNARC 1.6? It DOES handle squashed > (PKWare) members. > > If you're talking about ARCs made by NoGate Consulting's PAK program > which makes "crushed" members then you are right. UNARC 1.6 will not > handle those. Keith is absolutely right. UNARC 1.6 does handle squashed members. I checked the version of UNARC that I use and it is version 1.6. My problem was that I would get a error stating that the archive file could not be found. It turns out that the archive name has an "_" (underscore) in it. Evidently, UNARC (or CP/M?) doesn't recognize the underscore as a valid file name character. When I renamed the archive, all was well. Thanks to Keith for getting me back on track. Bob Mesenbrink Denver
neubauer@bsu-cs.UUCP (Paul Neubauer) (04/01/89)
In article <10816@drutx.ATT.COM> rlm@drutx.ATT.COM (MesenbrinkRL) writes: >Keith is absolutely right. UNARC 1.6 does handle squashed members. I >checked the version of UNARC that I use and it is version 1.6. My >problem was that I would get a error stating that the archive file >could not be found. It turns out that the archive name has an "_" >(underscore) in it. Evidently, UNARC (or CP/M?) doesn't recognize >the underscore as a valid file name character. When I renamed the >archive, all was well. Thanks to Keith for getting me back on track. The problem is in CP/M. You are right, CP/M does not recognize the underscore. This means that some (but not all) programs cannot handle underscores in file names. For example, WordStar (if I remember right) can create files with underscores and then deal with them correctly, but you cannot copy, delete, rename, pip or do many other things to them. -- Paul Neubauer neubauer@bsu-cs.bsu.edu neubauer@bsu-cs.UUCP <backbones>!{iuvax,pur-ee}!bsu-cs!neubauer
eru@eiffel.tele.nokia.fi (Erkki Ruohtula) (04/13/89)
(discussion about an UNARC program for CP/M) Could somebody post this program to some appropriate group, like comp.sources.misc I have never seen it anywhere here and accessing SIMTEL is not possible for everybody. Erkki Ruohtula eru@eiffel.tele.nokia.fi Erkki Ruohtula eru@eiffel.tele.nokia.fi