andre@targon.UUCP (andre) (12/15/88)
In article <5139@bsu-cs.UUCP> dalcsug!dalegass@uunet.uu.net (Dale Gass) writes: >Converted to arc format from the original self-extracting sez format. > >(I'm getting more and more submissions in zoo format these days. >Perhaps when more than half of them are in zoo format I won't bother >converting to arc any more. Stop me now if you don't like this idea.) Why don't you let it be a zoo archive ? I for one like zoo better than arc or pkpak. With zoo you don't get the 'Oops I think you need a newer version of arc' message. Maybe it is time for yet another poll on archive formats now that things have calmed down a bit. -- ~----~ |m AAA DDDD It's not the kill, but the thrill of the chase. ~|d1|~@-- AA AAvv vvDD DD Segment registers are for worms. ~----~ & AAAAAAAvv vvDD DD ~~~~~~ -- AAA AAAvvvDDDDDD Andre van Dalen, uunet!mcvax!targon!andre
greggt@VAX1.CC.UAKRON.EDU (Gregg Thompson) (12/16/88)
I for one will always prefer arc until another fast archiving program comes along that I can use on Unix AND my pc! It saves me a LOT of TIME! When programs are in arc format I can unarchive them on the unix system and read the docs and if I like it then I will download it, or if there is two arcs inside one arc (one for source and one for the binaries) I usually don't care for the source so I will just download the binaries. Pkarc is the fastest archive program around (and running on a 4.7 mhz machine that's great!) So if someone has a version of zoo for Unix which is compatible with the PC's then I will go with zoo too, but until then I see no need for it. (if there is a version for unix then don't flame me but send me the source for it) -- To live is to die, to die is to live forever; GRegg Thompson Where will you spend eternity? greggt@vax1.cc.uakron.edu
davidsen@steinmetz.ge.com (William E. Davidsen Jr) (12/17/88)
In article <57@VAX1.CC.UAKRON.EDU> greggt@VAX1.CC.UAKRON.EDU (Gregg Thompson) writes: | So if someone has a version of zoo for Unix which is compatible with | the PC's then I will go with zoo too, but until then I see no need for it. | (if there is a version for unix then don't flame me but send me the source | for it) Unfortunately the version of ARC which will handle PKARC files doesn't run on many versions of UNIX (actually the arc program stock doesn't run without diddling in most cases). I have "ported" zoo 2.01 to Xenix/286, /386, Ultrix, SunOS, Convex, Encore, and VAX/VMS. All I changed was the defines for UNIX type. VMS took some minor playing with the makefile, but I didn't touch the code. On my BBS I leave things the way I get them if they are arc or zoo, and repack them if they are dwc or pkarc. I pack anything I personally develop and release in zoo format. -- bill davidsen (wedu@ge-crd.arpa) {uunet | philabs}!steinmetz!crdos1!davidsen "Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -me