Hello Raymond!
08 Mar 97 16:36, Raymond Beriau wrote to John Ranger:
 RB> Here is what I have (you will noticed that it is almost the same as
 RB> your file):
 RB>     ; Robert Jung's ARJ program version 2.55 alpha
 RB>     ;
 RB>     Archiver ARJ
 RB>       Extension   ARJ
 RB>       Ident       0,60EA     ; "`ê"
 RB>       Add         arj.exe a %a %f
 RB>       Extract     arj.exe e -n %a %f
 RB>       View        arj.exe l %a
 RB>     End Archiver
 RB> The reason why I do not use any switch in COMPRESS.CFG is that I have
 RB> all my ARJ switches configured in one file that is called by ARJ
 RB> whenever it is operating:
Raymond, allow me to comment on some of the options below:
 RB>     + -& -e -hm!c:\temp -i2 -ja- -jm -jyy...
-& (critical error handler) might perhaps be better placed on the command 
line to ensure that the handler is installed immediately _before_ any files 
are processed.  If you specify "-&" in the environment, ARJ will not install 
the handler until all switches are processed.
-e Here we go again :-(  I wish Robert would make this the default as is the 
case with most other archivers.  If set in the environment, it just might 
have undesirable side-effects during backup operations :-(
-hm!c:\temp (increase filename capacity) Do you actually find this of 
advantage when processing fewer than, let's say, 1,000 files?
-i2 This switch is of little value if there's nobody around to watch, for 
example during unattended mail processing operations :-)  Seeing that you use 
-jyy and -&, I assume most of the ARJ processing is in fact in unattended 
mode?
-ja-  Hmmmm, this appears to be already the ARJ default in view of danger 
posed by ANSI bombs, i.e. re-mapping of keyboard.
 RB>         ...-js.arc.arj.hap.lha.lzh.pah.pak.rar.uc2.zip.zoo -m1 -s2
 RB> -wc:\temp\
arc     Many (most) *.arc files can benefit from additional compression,
        especially if the old Level 5 method (FIDO compatibility) was used.
-m1     In combination with -jm (see earlier), -m1 may increase compression
        time _significantly_ for only a small gain in compression.
-s2     To me, -s is one of the most important switches.  -s2 is quite
        interesting, however, on balance I prefer to associate -s with
        the appropriate commands (below).
-wc:\temp\  I wonder if this is still required if you have -hm!c:\temp ?
 RB>     a -jt -t1.bat.btm.doc.man.rex.txt -x$sw*.*
 RB> -zc:\archive\infodata.cmt
-t1     This is a dangerous animal , especially on files with the *.doc
        extension which happens to be the default for example with MS Word.
        Documents created with MS Word and archived with -t1 will probably
        become severly "compressed" as soon as the first EOL (Ctr-Z)
        character is encountered by ARJ :-(
-x$sw*.*    Curiosity: what are $sw*.* files?
 RB>     f -jt -t1.bat.btm.doc.man.rex.txt -x$sw*.*
 RB> -zc:\archive\infodata.cmt
 RB>     u -jt -t1.bat.btm.doc.man.rex.txt -x$sw*.*
 RB> -zc:\archive\infodata.cmt
 RB>     m -d -jt -t1.bat.btm.doc.man.rex.txt -x$sw*.*
 RB> -zc:\archive\infodata.cmt
-d      I don't think -d is supported with the "m" command, as move by
        itself already deletes files after archiving is completed.
        "a -d" (add and delete) would be the equivalent to "m".
 RB>     y -jt -je
y with -je as a default?  Are you quite certain that you always wish to
           create a self-extracting file whenever "y" is executed?
 RB>     e -v
 RB>     l -jp50 -jv
-jp50   Which display mode do you use to list 50 lines at a time?
-jv     The "-jv" switch will display only the pathnames stored within
        the archive.  No other listing data is displayed.  This switch
        is often used in the creation of list files with "v".
 RB>     v -jp50
 RB>     p -jp50
-jp50   Hmmmmm -- why only print 50 lines at a time?
 RB>     c -s1 -zc:\archive\infodata.cmt
 RB>     z c:\archive\infodata.cmt
z       I don't think there is a command "z" in Arj; -z switch, yes, but
        "z" command?
Finally, I find it handy to include the -a switch (system and hidden files) 
to all add and extract commands, especially if working with Windows 95 :-)
Cheers, Hans
... "Frankly my Dear, I don't give a download." -- Rhett SysOp
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