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From: lphillips@lpami.van-bc.UUCP (Larry Phillips)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: zoo enhancements solicited
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Date: Sun, 6-Dec-87 06:05:18 EST
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Posted: Sun Dec  6 06:05:18 1987
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  >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.

  The only advantage I see to zoo is in the path/filename area. ARC
generally does a better job of compression. I suggest that it would be
better to modify ARC in such a way as to retain compatibility across
machines that have ARC available, yet provide the benefits of long
filenames and directory preservation.



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