In a message of , Jesse Dooling (1:167/724) writes: 
 RJ> a) Win95 long filename support under Win95 DOS box b) Dual-name
 JD>        Groovy.
 RJ> archives for compatibility with Win95 and DOS 6. c) Data damage
 JD>        Dual-name archives? What does that mean?
ARJ stores the shortname (DOS 8.3) in the filename field of the header and 
stores the longname (Win95 name) in the comment field of the header. So old 
ARJ sees the shortnames.  New ARJ sees both and uses the appropriate one for 
extractions.
 RJ> protection option to allow repair of damaged archives. d) Stronger
 JD>        Good... although I have seen ALOT MORE corrupt ZIP files than ARJ
 JD> files... but that can be good when deARJing from floppies.
 RJ> encryption using GOST standard e) Built-in ANSI escape sequence
 RJ> display handler for comments and files f) Support of multiple
 JD>        The build-in ANSi should display ANSi even if ANSI.SYS is not
 JD> loaded...
ARJ 2.55 does not NEED ANSI.SYS loaded.  It has its own ANSI handler 
lt-in.
 JD> external overlay present or something like that.
 JD>        Personnally I don't mind ARJs size but a little shrink can be 
 JD> good.
 JD> How much of the EXE size for SFX support?
For full SFX, it is about 17K.  For SFXV support, it is about twice that 
ze.
Regards,
Robert
 
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