Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!rutgers!cbmvax!phillip From: phillip@cbmvax.UUCP (Phillip Lindsay GUEST) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: zoo enhancements solicited Message-ID: <2918@cbmvax.UUCP> Date: Tue, 8-Dec-87 13:05:50 EST Article-I.D.: cbmvax.2918 Posted: Tue Dec 8 13:05:50 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 13-Dec-87 06:53:31 EST References: <1600@van-bc.UUCP> Organization: myself Lines: 22 Xref: mnetor comp.sys.amiga:12099 comp.sys.ibm.pc:10927 in article <1600@van-bc.UUCP>, lphillips@lpami.van-bc.UUCP (Larry Phillips) says: > > >While I am posting, I would like to request some feedback on the Amiga > >version of Zoo. What features would people like to see? > > Much as I like the idea of being able to use full pathnames and > filenames in an archiving utility, I wish zoo wasn't available. Please > don't take this as a flame, because it isn't. As a sysop on the Amigaforum > on CIS, I get enough questions about using ARC, and don't look forward to > learning yet another archiver just to answer questions about it. ZOO was written with portability in mind... One thing we do need is a standard way of passing compressed archives around. I want to be able to create the archive once and simply drop it on any machine and open it up with no hassles (and I want a SUN4 for Christmas:-}). Right now we have Arc, Zoo, atob+shar, and pdTAR+compress. (others?) Atleast ZOO appears to be going in the right direction. -phil ============================================================================== Phillip (Flip) Lindsay - Wake up and watch CNN at: Heather Ridge Apts. #G-115 UUCP: {ihnp4|seismo|caip}!cbmvax!phillip Mantua, NJ 08051 No warranty is implied or otherwise given in the form of suggestion or example. Any opinions found here are of my making.