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)
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Organization: General Electric CRD, Schenectady, NY
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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.
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	bill davidsen		(wedu@ge-crd.arpa)
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