In a message of , Joe Negron (1:214/80@fidonet.org) writes: 
JD> The DOS version of ARJ works in an OS/2 DOS box anyways..
RR> But doesn't support long filenames or extended attributes.  
RJ> I am working on a DOS version that handles the extended attributes
  > via an undocumented DOS function interface (used in UC2 and other
  > archivers).  I plan to insert the EA data in the file header in the
  > unused extended header field. The first version will have
  > uncompressed EA data.
 JN> Why uncompressed?
This makes for an easier implementation.  My first attempt seems to work, but 
I have to deal with multiple volumes now in my second version.  I am also 
considering making EAs a separate record type in ARJ, but that has its 
problems also.
RJ> Now if someone could point out a DOS function to get the long
  > filenames via the DOS box, I will add that function JUST LIKE
  > I added Win95 long filename support.
 JN> From Ralf Brown's Interrupt List (INTER53[A-G].ZIP):
Thank you.  I will check this out to see if it does what OS/2 users need. If 
this works then I will be planning a DOS release for late this year that 
handles EAs and long filenames under OS/2.  Not quite what OS/2 users want, 
but at least I know that I can back up my own OS/2 system with ARJ if 
necessary.
Best regards,
Robert
 
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