** Quoting Bryan Rapp to Cees Schouten:
BR> REARJ is still a very good archive converter (but, so is RCVT).
RCVT is not nearly as good as REARJ.  RCVT's biggest problem (for me) is
that it does not allow one to specify the temp. directory.  This is a
problem in converting archives - if one is to maintain the file order in
the archive, the archive must be extracted to a FAT partition since if
it is extracted to an HPFS partition HPFS will automatically sort the
filenames by name.  REARJ, since it allows one to specify the temp.
directory, allows one to point it to a FAT partition; RCVT makes its
temp. directory in the current directory (which contains the archives to
convert), which means that if one wants to use RCVT to convert archives,
you must first copy the files to a FAT partition (assuming they're on an
HPFS partition, of course).
Also, REARJ has loads of features which RCVT lacks:
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REARJ 2.34 REGISTERED Copyright (c) 1991-94 ARJ Software. Dec 12 1995
Registered to [Joe Negron R#2724]
All rights reserved. Archive to ARJ conversion utility
Usage:  REARJ [switch options] 
  Switch options: (can be placed before or after filespecs)
  /+         ignore REARJ_SW variable
  /a[suffix] convert archives within archives ("*" for all formats)
  /bcommand  execute DOS command before extracting files
  /ccommand  execute DOS command on extracted files before counting them
  /d         delete original archives
  /f         convert diskette archives
  /g         skip creation of output archive
  /i[name]   check integrity of REARJ.EXE
  /j         skip if output archive size is larger than the original
  /k         skip archive timestamping
  /l[name]   write append log file (default name is REARJ.LOG)
  /m[date]   select archives before date in YYMMDDHHMMSS format
  /n[date]   select archives on or after date in YYMMDDHHMMSS format
  /o         allow overwrite of existing target archive
  /q         query for each archive to convert
  /r         recurse through subdirectories
  /s         skip verify of file count and total size
  /tsuffix   create suffix type archives
  /u[bak]    allow update of archive with backup (default is BAK)
  /v         execute configured command on extracted files
  /wdir      assign work directory
  /x[!]file  exclude by filename, wildname, or listfile
  /y[text]   delete output archive and write text to log (testing mode)
  /z         simulate operation
Example:  REARJ *.* /r /d    Convert all archives to ARJ format, searching
                             all subdirectories, deleting original archives
Set REARJ environment variable: SET REARJ_SW=/l /we:\temp
REARJ log error codes:
 1 = File not found
 2 = File is not a configured archive type
 3 = Target archive already exists
 4 = Not enough disk space
 5 = User skipped or user did not select update option
 6 = UNPACK command error
 7 = PACK command error
 8 = Target cannot support directories
 9 = Wrong file count
10 = Wrong total size
11 = Internal archive REARJ error
12 = Rename archive error
13 = Invoked /v command error (found a virus?)
14 = Output archive is larger
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RCVT's options are poor by comparison:
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 Archive conversion utility. Copyright (C) 1993-96 Eugene Roshal
 Version 1.01 freeware
 Usage: RCVT [-switch[-]] 
 -r[-]: convert archives in subdirectories
 -n[+]: convert nested archives
 -k[+]: keep archive time
 Examples:
   Converting all archives on the current disk:
   RCVT -r *.*
   Converting the archive book.lzh:
   RCVT book.lzh
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