wnp@dcs.UUCP (Wolf N. Paul) (06/13/88)
In article <2693@bigtex.uucp> james@bigtex.UUCP (James Van Artsdalen) writes: > >PS. I do think anyone using Henderson's source for a unix ARC is standing on > quicksand. Why anyone would want a unix ARC when tar & compress are > available is beyond me.-- I want a UNIX arc so I can look at DOS and other ARC files on my UNIX machine, to determine if I want to go to the trouble of transferring them to the target machine, especially since I sometimes read news and look through archives on machines to which I have only a slow 1200 baud connection. I do not usually CREATE arc file on my UNIX system. If someone came up with a non-Henderson source for an "ARC EXTRACTOR" I would use that rather than SEA's arc. Of course there are systems like killer which runs a BBS for non-UNIX users, and who therefore have a greater need of a fully functional clone of ARC. -- Wolf N. Paul * 3387 Sam Rayburn Run * Carrollton TX 75007 * (214) 306-9101 UUCP: ihnp4!killer!dcs!wnp ESL: 62832882 DOMAIN: wnp@dcs.UUCP TLX: 910-280-0585 EES PLANO UD