NAME¶
marc - archive merger
SYNOPSIS¶
marc tgtarc srcarc [
files ... ]
DESCRIPTION¶
Reads
files from the arc archive
srcarc and add them to the arc
archive
tgtarc.
HISTORY¶
Arc has been in use in the CP/M and MSDOS world for many years. Thom
Henderson developed the original version, but it is important to note that
arc is based on the file compression theories developed by Huffman,
Welch, Knott, Knuth, and many other scientists. This implementation is based
on version 5.21 of the MSDOS program.
BUGS¶
Arc behaves just like the PC version of the program; all functions of the
"usage" display are working. Full compatibility with PC ARC files is
maintained, the price for which is that
arc doesn't like long
filenames, and can only archive files with names of up to 12 characters. It
will *sometimes* do The Right Thing with them, but I suggest you put
long-winded filenames in a "shar" before
arcing them.
There shouldn't be any problems, (hah!) but if you find any, please send them to
me at:
hyc@hanauma.jpl.nasa.gov
AUTHORS¶
Original MSDOS program by Thom Henderson
COPYRIGHT(C) 1985-87 by System Enhancement Associates. You may copy and
distribute this program freely, under the terms of the General Public License.
Original Lempel-Zev code derived from compress 4.0. Modified to support
Squashing by Dan Lanciani (ddl@harvard.edu) Ported from MSDOS by Howard Chu,
with help from John Gilmore (hoptoad!gnu), James Turner (daisy!turner) and
others.