Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!steinmetz!davidsen From: davidsen@steinmetz.steinmetz.UUCP (William E. Davidsen Jr) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: unARCing arc files from a PC on a UNIX system Message-ID: <8182@steinmetz.steinmetz.UUCP> Date: 11 Dec 87 18:03:56 GMT References: <459@morgoth.UUCP> Reply-To: davidsen@crdos1.UUCP (bill davidsen) Distribution: na Organization: General Electric CRD, Schenectady, NY Lines: 16 Keywords: arc, PC, Ultrix, unarc In article <459@morgoth.UUCP> glidden@morgoth.UUCP (Ken A. Glidden) writes: ... has lotsa files in PCDOS ... | Is there an "unarc" program available for UNIX which I could run on my VAX | to unpack the mega file from the PC? I have nothing of the sort. I keep getting source for this, but it never *quite* works. | If there is none, does anyone have a better way?? As a matter of fact... I suggest zoo, which runs on DOS, VMS, BSD and USG. It's public domain and was posted to the net a few months ago. It's about 8-10x faster than arc, and does directory structures. -- bill davidsen (wedu@ge-crd.arpa) {uunet | philabs | seismo}!steinmetz!crdos1!davidsen "Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -me