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From: zeta@runx.OZ (Nick Andrew)
Newsgroups: net.sources.d
Subject: Re: ARC for UN*X; ARC for DOS
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Date: Mon, 20-Oct-86 09:55:05 EDT
Article-I.D.: runx.205
Posted: Mon Oct 20 09:55:05 1986
Date-Received: Wed, 22-Oct-86 23:11:10 EDT
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>   Warning - just because you've ARC'ed a file under UN*X or DOS, don't assume
>   you can extract it under the other OS. The LF vs CRLF line terminators are
>   a gotcha. It would be nice to have a toggle for stripping/adding CRs under
>   UN*X.

    Well, the purpose of a file archiving program is to archive files. Simply
ensure the Unix version does ----NO---- translations of any sort on the data
[apart from packing/squeezing/crunching of course] and you have a perfectly
compatible program with no gotchas.

    When moving ARC'ed stuff from one OS to the other, if there are any
text files which need CRLF->LF translation or vice versa simply run a filter
on the text. A filter takes about 2 seconds to write for either machine. Once
you have some general purpose filters for file translation all your worries
are over for good.