Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!rutgers!bellcore!faline!ulysses!mhuxt!ihnp4!alberta!ubc-vision!van-bc!root From: lphillips@lpami.van-bc.UUCP (Larry Phillips) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: zoo enhancements solicited Message-ID: <1600@van-bc.UUCP> Date: Sun, 6-Dec-87 06:05:18 EST Article-I.D.: van-bc.1600 Posted: Sun Dec 6 06:05:18 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 12-Dec-87 04:15:55 EST Sender: root@van-bc.UUCP Lines: 28 From: >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. -- The transistor is a curiosity, and will never amount to much. -- Mr. Stringer, Basic Electronic Instructor, RCAF, 1962. +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | // Larry Phillips UUCP: lphillips@lpami.van-bc.UUCP | | \X/ or: {ihnp4!alberta!ubc-vision,uunet}!van-bc!lpami!lphillips | | COMPUSERVE: 76703,4322 | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+