Xref: utzoo comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d:354 comp.sys.ibm.pc:16158 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!unisoft!hoptoad!dasys1!tneff From: tneff@dasys1.UUCP (Tom Neff) Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d,comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Source code newsgroup for MS-DOS Message-ID: <4804@dasys1.UUCP> Date: 4 Jun 88 06:49:39 GMT References: <4732@dasys1.UUCP> <3128@edm.UUCP> Reply-To: tneff@dasys1.UUCP (Tom Neff) Organization: Independent Users Guild Lines: 22 In article <3128@edm.UUCP> rroot@edm.UUCP (Stephen Samuel) writes: >From article <4732@dasys1.UUCP>, by tneff@dasys1.UUCP (Tom Neff): >> * So we have a slight dilemma. But I propose that Rahul give us a >> technical solution! He can add a new feature to ZOO that *generates >> a shell archive* from the input files, instead of a compressed > >Yes, yes, yes!! I like!! > Just one thing: ZOO must create an ENTIRELY UNBINARY format in this case.. >Even the 'magic number' must be ascii. I think if you read my posting carefully, you'll find that that's what I wanted too. Filesize, date/time, subdirectory info and checksum should all be in plain ASCII so they can be transmitted everywhere. -- Tom Neff UUCP: ...!cmcl2!phri!dasys1!tneff "None of your toys CIS: 76556,2536 MCI: TNEFF will function..." GEnie: TOMNEFF BIX: are you kidding?