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- From: dhesi@bsu-cs.UUCP (Rahul Dhesi)
- Newsgroups: comp.sources.d
- Subject: How to get zoo source/binaries
- Summary: SAVE THIS ARTICLE--It tells you how to get zoo
- Message-ID: <1152@bsu-cs.UUCP>
- Date: 15 Sep 87 02:53:32 GMT
- Reply-To: dhesi@bsu-cs.UUCP (Rahul Dhesi)
- Organization: CS Dept, Ball St U, Muncie, Indiana
- Lines: 237
-
- I posted the source code for version 1.51 of the zoo archiver to Usenet
- some time ago. I received several follow-up inquiries about the posted
- source and also about related sources and binaries. I'm posting the
- following information here as well as mailing copies to those who
- inquired via email.
-
- There are several ways of getting zoo source and binary files. This
- information is, however, subject to change with little or no notice.
-
- I.
- Mail me a standard IBM-PC format (360-kilobyte) floppy disk, and enclose
- a stamped addressed mailer. I will send it back with the current official
- portable C source code for zoo and all related MS-DOS executables and the
- AmigaDOS executable. The disk will include the executable zoo for MS-DOS,
- and all other files will be in zoo archives and may be extracted on
- any MS-DOS system and then transferred to any other system. (VAX/VMS
- users: you can also get an executable version for VMS version 4.4 or so
- if you send two disks instead of one. You will then need to upload
- the executable zoo to your VMS system using a recent version of VAX/VMS
- Kermit-32. C-Kermit may not be good enough because it does not understand
- fixed-length binary formats.) (Pre-compiled binaries are also available
- for Microport System V/AT, *T&T **IX PC, Xenix/286 3.4 on Intel 310,
- SCO Xenix 2.2 on AT, System V Release 2 on 3B2, System V Release 3 on
- 3B2/400, and Xenix/68000 on Radio Shack Model 16, but contact me via
- electronic mail for specific availability information for the version
- you need before sending a disk.)
-
- Mail the disk(s) to me at this address:
-
- Rahul Dhesi
- 720 West Centennial Avenue #15
- Muncie, Indiana 47303
- USA
-
- II.
- Simply send me a request for the software, and agree to pass on the
- software that you receive from me to anybody in your country who sends
- you blank disk(s) and prepaid mailer as described above, for the next
- six months, and let me include this information and your name and
- address in future revisions of this document. I will be happy to send
- you the software and I will pay for the disk and for the postage and
- packing. This may be convenient for you if you are not in the USA, but
- the offer is valid even if you are in the USA.
-
- III.
- Obtain files via anonymous UUCP from site rb442 at 317-285-8661, 1200 bps
- only, login name "uanon", no password. (Unfortunately not a PC Pursuit
- area.) Call between 11 pm and 5 am EST only (that's always EST, never EDT,
- and always 5 hours west of GMT). AT OTHER TIMES THE LINE IS USED FOR VOICE
- CALLS so be careful.
-
- Sample L.sys entry (adjust times for your timezone):
-
- rb442 Any2300-0430 ACU 1200 13172858661 "" "" ogin--ogin--ogin--ogin uanon
-
- The files are not in the standard /usr/spool/uucppublic area, so you
- cannot refer to them with just a ~ prefix. You can refer to them as
- "/usr/spool/uanon/filename" or just as "~uanon/filename". A typical
- command line might be:
-
- $ uucp -r 'rb442!~uanon/z171_src.zoo' '~'
-
- Wildcards will not work, so you must separately specify each file you
- want. Always remember to enclose all strings in quotes as shown, else
- the tilde (~) may expand (from ksh or csh) to your home directory, and
- the uucp request may fail. If you have trouble making UUCP work, send
- me electronic mail at one of these addresses:
-
- uunet!bsu-cs!dhesi or dhesi%bsu-cs@uunet.uu.net
- iuvax!bsu-cs!dhesi
- pur-ee!bsu-cs!dhesi
-
- If you are unable to send electronic mail, you can telephone me at
- the UUCP number during working hours.
-
-
- LIST OF FILES AVAILABLE FOR UUCP TRANSFER
-
- FILES
- A description of files available -- you are already reading this. It is
- best to get this file alone first, so you know exactly which files are
- available, since the information given below may become out-of-date.
-
- z171_src.zoo
- Source code for zoo version 1.71, believed to compile and run on:
- *T&T **IX PC 3.0 (also known as 3B1); System V Release 2 as exemplified by
- Microport System V/AT version 2.2; 4.3bsd; Xenix/286; and VAX/VMS. Stored
- as a zoo archive, so you will need the zoo archiver running on your system
- to extract this archive. For the same files in text archive form see
- z171_src.shar. Manuals are not here; see z171_doc.zoo. To use on
- VAX/VMS you must also get the vmsstuff.zoo files described separately.
-
- z171_src.shar
- Source code for zoo version 1.71, in shell archive form. The contents of
- this shell archive are identical to those of z171_src.zoo, but can be
- extracted by executing this archive with the standard Bourne shell or
- (with some effort) with a text editor.
-
- z171_doc.zoo
- Manual in nroff format; formatted manual; installation notes; and
- copyright policy.
-
- z171_doc.shar
- Contents are identical to those of z171_doc.zoo, but this is a shar
- archive.
-
- z171_3b1_sh
- Executable zoo 1.71 for *T&T **IX PC. Compiled under software revision 3.0
- and uses shared library, so may not work with other software revisions.
-
- z171_3b1_unsh
- Executable zoo 1.71 for *T&T **IX PC. Compiled under software revision 3.0,
- but does not use shared library, so should also work with software
- revisions 3.5 and 3.51.
-
- zoo150.exe
- Zoo 1.50 for MS-DOS. This is a self-extracting archive created with Sez.
- Execute on an MS-DOS system. It will self-extract the manual and the
- MS-DOS executable. The resulting zoo executable for MS-DOS can then
- be used to extract other zoo archives.
-
- amiga142b.zoo
- Zoo 1.42b for Amiga. This zoo archive contains the manual and the
- AmigaDOS executable.
-
- vmsstuff.zoo
- Support files for VAX/VMS, especially a utility to do file conversions
- to work around problems related to VMS's file formats. The
- installation documentation included may be somewhat useful even though
- it refers to a previous binary-only distribution of zoo for VAX/VMS.
- See also vmsstuff.shar and vmsstuff.com.
-
- vmsstuff.shar
- Contents identical to those of vmsstuff.zoo but in shell archive format,
- which may be extracted using the standard Bourne shell or with a text
- editor. See also vmsstuff.com.
-
- vmsstuff.com
- Contents identical to those of vmsstuff.zoo and vmsstuff.shar, but this
- is a VMS_SHAR archive in VMS COM format. Execute with the command
- "@VMSSTUFF" to extract on any version 4.4 or later VMS system.
-
- atoz112.zoo
- Atoz, a program to help automate conversion of archives and libraries
- in other formats to zoo format. MS-DOS systems only. Executable and
- documentation.
-
- looz210.zoo
- Looz, a compact program that allows extraction, listing, and execution
- of files in zoo archives. A file to be executed is extracted directly
- into memory, so all disks may be write-protected. There is no net memory
- penalty, because looz removes itself from memory before transferring control
- to the extracted program. MS-DOS systems only. Executable and
- documentation.
-
- sez230.zoo
- Sez, a utility to create self-extracting zoo archives. The resulting
- executable program, when executed on any MS-DOS system, will recreate
- the contents of the original zoo archive. Self-extraction overhead
- is less than 2500 bytes. MS-DOS systems only. Executable and
- documentation.
-
- HINTS
-
- For use on MS_DOS: Get zoo150.exe, looz210.zoo, atoz112.zoo, and
- sez230.zoo.
-
- For use on any system in the **IX family: Get z171_src.zoo and
- z171_doc.zoo, or corresponding shar archives.
-
- For use on VAX/VMS: Get z171_src.zoo, z171_doc.zoo, and vmsstuff.zoo,
- or corresponding shar or VMS_SHAR archives.
-
- For use on AmigaDOS: Get amiga142b.zoo.
-
- In each case, if needed, get zoo150.exe also so you can extract
- the other zoo archives on any MS-DOS system.
-
-
- CHANGES
-
- Changes made in going from zoo version 1.51 to version 1.71:
-
- 1. Archive listing commands l and L now accept the following
- option characters. These are most useful when used
- in combination with the option character f (fast
- columnized listing). All meaningful combinations
- may be used.
-
- 1 list in single columns
- q quieten listing by suppressing headers and trailers
- / show directory path even in columnized listing
-
- 2. Timezone is saved when a file is archived, listed in archive
- listings, and taken into account when the timestamp of a file
- is restored at extraction time.
-
- 3. VAX/VMS is supported. A makefile for DEC's equivalent of
- make (called MMS) is supplied. With the help of a file format
- conversion program that is supplied, zoo archives can be
- uploaded and downloaded using Kermit, and VMS executable files
- can be restored to the original record format after extraction
- from a zoo archive.
-
- 4. The comment (c or -comment) commands now list the original
- filename instead of the filename in MSDOS format. A bug was
- also fixed that was causing these commands to fail for certain
- filenames.
-
- 5. A bug was fixed that caused a % character in a filename to be
- interpreted as a printf formatting character in an archive
- listing.
-
- DIRECTORY LISTING
-
- The following is a current directory listing of the ~uanon area.
-
- protection size, date filename
- bytes
-
- -rw-r--r-- 1 dhesi users 8339 Sep 14 17:12 FILES
- -r--r--r-- 1 dhesi users 58639 Aug 29 01:01 amiga142b.zoo
- -r--r--r-- 1 dhesi users 21561 Sep 14 01:18 atoz112.zoo
- -r--r--r-- 1 dhesi users 14422 Sep 14 01:18 looz210.zoo
- -r--r--r-- 1 dhesi users 7400 Sep 14 01:18 sez230.zoo
- -r--r--r-- 1 dhesi users 32070 Sep 14 17:01 vmsstuff.com
- -r--r--r-- 1 dhesi users 31089 Sep 13 23:26 vmsstuff.shar
- -r--r--r-- 1 dhesi users 15241 Aug 2 00:15 vmsstuff.zoo
- -r-xr-xr-x 3 dhesi users 34202 Sep 13 23:12 z171_3b1_sh
- -r-xr-xr-x 2 dhesi users 49618 Sep 13 23:16 z171_3b1_unsh
- -r--r--r-- 1 dhesi users 58531 Sep 14 02:37 z171_doc.shar
- -r--r--r-- 1 dhesi users 26346 Sep 14 02:13 z171_doc.zoo
- -r--r--r-- 1 dhesi users 270705 Sep 13 22:30 z171_src.shar
- -r--r--r-- 1 dhesi users 128711 Sep 13 22:22 z171_src.zoo
- -r--r--r-- 1 dhesi users 44848 Aug 29 01:01 zoo150.exe
- --
- Rahul Dhesi UUCP: <backbones>!{iuvax,pur-ee,uunet}!bsu-cs!dhesi
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