Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!mailrus!uflorida!novavax!hcx1!ldh From: ldh@hcx1.SSD.HARRIS.COM Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: PK compression software Message-ID: <47200011@hcx1> Date: 15 Aug 88 21:49:00 GMT References: <962@lakesys.UUCP> Lines: 40 Nf-ID: #R:lakesys.UUCP:962:hcx1:47200011:000:1778 Nf-From: hcx1.SSD.HARRIS.COM!ldh Aug 15 17:49:00 1988 >/* Written 9:27 pm Aug 12, 1988 by deanr@lakesys.UUCP in hcx1:comp.sys.ibm.pc */ >/* ---------- "PK compression software" ---------- */ > >The following message was taken from EXEC-PC BBS >in Shorewood, WI, and is from THE Phil Katz. > >================================================== > >c: IBM GNRL #25669 08-10-88 21:45 (Read 90 times) >f: PHIL KATZ >t: JIM DUNNIGAN (Rcvd) >s: R: R: WHAT ELSE? Reply to #25640 > >Jim, > ... text deleted ... >And yes, if you or anyone else has some "wish lists" for features >that you'd like to see in the new software, now is the time!! > First of all, how do we give him suggestions? ... What I would like to see implemented should be usefull enough for most people: 1) First and foremost, it would be nice if it could recognize the "official" .ARC format ... even if he is now moving on to bigger and better things. I would hate to have to return to the "snail" during the transition period (OR BEING FORCED TO KEEP VARIOS REVS OF PKprograms !). 2) The directory structure needs (as well as ALL file parameters) to be included with the file in "reduced" form. This implies that the new package can include lower branches of the particular directory tree is being saved (possibly as an option ... this would be prefferable to the "ZOO" method requiring the seperate program, though the "stuff" program has been useful on its own). 3) I find myself having to make multiple passes at file "reduction" so that I can fit the result onto a single floppy (360k in my case). It would be nice if I could flag the output as being targeted for a medium of a certain size and obtain a group of files (that know about each other) that I can easily move onto floppies without concern. Leo Hinds ...