MSMITH@CS-UMASS.ARPA (Michael Smith) (01/18/88)
Does anyone know of a VMS utility to build .ARC format archives? I am familiar with VMSSWEEP, but in the most recent version that I have seen it only does extraction, it won't actually build the .ARC file. I would be also interested to know if it will handle the "squashed" method of file compression. Thanks. Michael Smith MSMITH@CS-UMASS.ARPA
scjones@sdrc.UUCP (Larry Jones) (01/22/88)
There have been a number of requests for a VMS version of the ARC-style utilities in common use in MS-DOS environments. I am in the process of porting System Enhancements Associates' ARC v5.12 to VMS in my copious free time - I expect it will take another week or so. I am also trying to get in touch with the author of PKARC (compatible with ARC but faster and better compression) to see if it can be ported. I will keep you posted on the status of these efforts.