Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tektronix!reed!omen!caf From: caf@omen.UUCP (Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX) Newsgroups: comp.sources.d Subject: Re: Improving SHAR Message-ID: <688@omen.UUCP> Date: 6 Jun 88 04:17:53 GMT References: <2277@rpp386.UUCP> <2349@bgsuvax.UUCP> Reply-To: caf@omen.UUCP (Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX) Organization: Omen Technology Inc, Portland Oregon Lines: 20 In article <2349@bgsuvax.UUCP> denbeste@bgsuvax.UUCP (William C. DenBesten) writes: : :There is one small problem with this idea, but it is easily solvable. :There is not a standard unix utility that will do a crc. We :would have to ship one around the net. Not having the crc program :would not be a real hardship, as one could always unwrap a shar by :creating a fake crc program and ignoring the insuing crc error warnings. : Why not use the "crc" program that's port of the recent rzsz (ZMODEM programs for Unix) posting? It produces output like: 92C4A5DF 2064 /tmp/article1659 using the Fed standard 32 bit that ZMODEM uses. Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX ...!tektronix!reed!omen!caf Author of YMODEM, ZMODEM, Professional-YAM, ZCOMM, and DSZ Omen Technology Inc "The High Reliability Software" 17505-V NW Sauvie IS RD Portland OR 97231 503-621-3406 TeleGodzilla BBS: 621-3746 CIS: 70007,2304 Genie: CAF