Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!bellcore!rutgers!ucsd!sdcc6!ir230 From: ir230@sdcc6.ucsd.EDU (john wavrik) Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Subject: ZOO vs PKARC Keywords: finder utility Message-ID: <3802@sdcc6.ucsd.EDU> Date: 11 Aug 88 17:15:09 GMT Organization: University of California, San Diego Lines: 21 I've used PKARC because it is fast and because of the support program PKFIND (it works like WHEREIS programs -- but will also search for a file inside archive files). I've recently started to use ZOO because it can handle directory hierarchy and because of the support program STUFF (it allows users to archive files meeting certain conditions -- for example all those modified after a certain date) The result is that most of my little used files are stored in ARC format (to save space on hard disk) but fractional backups and transfers to another computer are in ZOO format. It would be convenient to use one format. ZOO is probably closer to meeting all my needs -- if only there were a "ZOOFIND" utility [and a small "ZOOE" extractor that could be packaged with software sent to people who might not have ZOO]. --John J Wavrik jjwavrik@ucsd.edu