mr@cica.cica.indiana.edu (Michael Regoli) (03/04/90)
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We've got a version of ARC running here (mVax 3500/BSD 4.3) that
can't extract "squashed" files. The version was distributed by
wilhite@usceast.uucp a couple years back.
Has anyone patches to bring "{un}squashing" to ARC?
Thanks for help on this. It's frustrating not being able to deal
with a lot of .arc files that circulate throughout the network.
--
michael regoli
mr@cica.cica.indiana.edu
regoli@iubacs.bitnet
...rutgers!iuvax!cica!mr
things fall apart--it's scientific.davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (Wm E. Davidsen Jr) (03/05/90)
In article <530@cica.cica.indiana.edu> mr@cica.cica.indiana.edu (Michael Regoli) writes: | We've got a version of ARC running here (mVax 3500/BSD 4.3) that | can't extract "squashed" files. The version was distributed by | wilhite@usceast.uucp a couple years back. The version in the archive server at sixhub does squashed files, and optionally convertes end of line format, too. Here is the help file from the server. ________________________________________________________________ The sixhub mail archive server is a service which allows requests to be sent by mail and serviced automatically. The archives hold three types of material, the really common things you need for UNIX or MS-DOS, the programs which are local to sixhub written by our users, and some material which has been heavily requested on usenet or our BBS and which is not readily available elsewhere. We do not attempt to keep everything online, and the volume of outgoing data is limited to reduce phone costs and keep our neighbors happy. The archive server at sixhub is broken into a number of areas, and is being updated several times a week. To request the current index, send a message to archive-server@sixhub.uucp with the text: send index to YOURADDRESS To request a specific file, send text: send FILE to YOURADDRESS If the file is in the PCsoftware area, for instance, the FILE would be PCsoftware/file, whatever the file may be. Case of requests is important, and incorrect requests will not be filled. Multiple files may be requested in a single message, one per line. The YOURADDRESS may be in the form user@node.domain or node!user. If bang addressing is used the first node *must* be in the net maps. Examples: send GIF/ps2gif.zoo to nonane@sixbdf.uucp ^ ^ ^ | | |___ address | |_________________ filename |_____________________ area from the index send PCsoftware/Index to uunet!wse-snazi!humbug ^ ^ ^ | | |_ address, starting from a node in the maps | |__________ index of this area only |_____________________ area of interest Master and area indices: The name of the master index of everything is "index" as shown in the 1st example. The index of any one area is "Area/Index" (capitalized Index). At the rate of 20-30 files/week growth, the archive listings will become large enough to search by sections in the near future. If you want just the list of areas, the name to request is "Index" (no area). Summary of index names: Name index to ======== ======== index everything Index just what areas are available area/Index what's in the area File compression: Files may be compressed with a suitable archive program to reduct transmission time. Compression is indicated by the filetype portion of the filename. See below: filetype archiver .arc SEAware ARC .pka PKARC or ARC 6.02 .zoo ZOO archiver .zip ZIP archiver .lzh LHARC archiver .Z 16 bit compress The "zoo" and "arc" formats are common in the MS-DOS and Amiga world, while versions suitable for UNIX (and portable to VMS) are stored online in uncompressed format in the "source" area. Compress is a standard UNIX program, distributed with news, and is available in the C_progs area. Distribution: Is by mail in 50k messages, shar format. To reconstruct the original data you will need the /bin/sh program, or something like it. If the original file was binary you will also need the uudecode program (available in the C_progs area). Files will also be available by anonymous uucp sometime in October (sysop will be on vacation for September) 1989. help v1.4, updated 8/22/89 -- bill davidsen - davidsen@sixhub.uucp (uunet!crdgw1!sixhub!davidsen) sysop *IX BBS and Public Access UNIX moderator of comp.binaries.ibm.pc "Getting old is bad, but it beats the hell out of the alternative" -anon