Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!ut-sally!husc6!cca!mirror!jvc From: jvc@mirror.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: PK ARC, Another View Message-ID: <206900061@mirror> Date: Tue, 14-Jul-87 09:18:00 EDT Article-I.D.: mirror.206900061 Posted: Tue Jul 14 09:18:00 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 16-Jul-87 06:00:25 EDT References: <287@cpsc6b.cpsc6a.att.com> Lines: 20 Nf-ID: #R:cpsc6b.cpsc6a.att.com:287:mirror:206900061:000:731 Nf-From: mirror.UUCP!jvc Jul 14 09:18:00 1987 >Another thing to watch out for is that PKXARC has trouble de-archiving >files that have been corrupted in transmission...hung my machine every >time. But dig out ARC and what happens? It unpacks what it can and >has a nice error message saying that the archive is corrupt. And it >gives me my machine back.... > James Krause All at once now, PLEASE STATE VERSION NUMBERS!!!!! Does the above happen with the current version (PKX35A35.EXE)? Thanks, jvc@mirror.tmc.com [ I have ARC and it has about 50 known bugs and locks up the computer frequently and creates duplicate entries in the archive and ... I suggest that you don't use ARC. At least not the outdated version I'm talking about (version 2.*) ;-) ]