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ARCGSH 4.1 (Archiver-GEM-Shell) for Atari ST
In the Atari ST world several archiving program exist, which serve to - as
the name says - archive files. This means that many files can be stored in a
single archive file. Regularly a compression is performed at the same time
so that an archived file needs much less space within the archive than
before. Depending on the type of data of a file (text, program, graphics
etc.) compression rates of more than 50 percent are not unusual.
Arcgsh is a GEM shell that eases the use of the most popular archiving
programs for the Atari ST (arc, lharc, shar, tar, and zoo).
Furthermore the programs compress, uud, and uue are supported.
Compress is able to compress resp. decompress a single file. Uud and
uue are useful if binary files - e. g. archives - are to be sent or
received by electronic mail. Further more you can use your favorite file
viewer and your favorite editor from Arcgsh without any need to leave the
program.
With Arcgsh it is no longer neccessary to start a command-line-shell, "cd"
to the directory where your archive file is (or should be created), remember
the various archiver options (each archiver has its own set of options),
type them in and finally start the program. With Arcgsh you can handle
everything with GEM objects: Dialog boxes let you select program options
via buttons, and filenames are comfortably selected using the GEM file
selector box.
Arcgsh is a shell, not a stand-alone program. In order to make use of the
various archiving programs, you must have them installed somewhere on your
computer. This is what you need:
program | file name
---------+------------
arc | ARC.TTP
lharc | LHARC.TTP
shar | SHAR_RK.TTP
tar | GNUTAR.TTP
zoo | ZOO.TTP
compress | COMPRESS.TTP
uud | UUD.TTP
uue | UUE.TTP
You can get Arcgsh and the archiver it supports on a floppy disk from me
provided you pay the shareware fee.
You may use, copy and distribute Arcgsh without having to pay anything.
However, if you find Arcgsh useful and use it regularly you are encouraged
to transfer DM 35,- to my bank account 4412 46-300 at the Postgiroamt
Hannover, BLZ 250 100 30 in Germany. Alternativly you can send me a cheque
or money order made out in your own currency.
A dialog box will pop up from time to time to remember you to pay the
shareware fee. You may well ignore it (resp. click it away) without having
to have a bad conscience. However, if you are so kind to send me the
shareware fee I shall tell you how you can get rid of those dialog boxes to
appear. Furthermore the xArgv and ARGV extended parameter passing schemes
will be activated for you. They are useful if you want an archiver to handle
a long list of file names because xArgv and ARGV allow you to pass long
parameter strings (more than 125 characters) to dependend programs
(archivers).
Please do not forget to mention your name and address (e-mail address
preferred)! I cannot get in contact with you if you forget them!
Arcgsh 4.1 differs from version 3.5 by the following improvements:
- The new zoo version 2.1, tar and compress are supported.
- The LHarc interface has improved. Arcgsh can be configured to use any
LHarc now.
- The documentation is available also in german now.
- An internal code revirement led to a considerably smaller binary and a more
maintainable source.
- minor corrections
- The first time an "Other program" was called parameter passing did not
always work right. Fixed.
- The Getrez system call has been removed, so Arcgsh can run on an Atari TT.
Included in this package:
- ARCGSH.PRG executable program
- ARCGSH.RSC resource file
- ARCGSH_D.TEX german documentation in LaTeX format, readable for humans
- ARCGSH_E.TEX english documentation in LaTeX format, readable for humans
- HISTORY history file
- README_D this file, german version
- README_E this file
Available only in the floppy disk distribution:
- ARCHIVER.ZOO archive containing the archivers Arcgsh supports
- ARCHIV_D.TXT german instructions to unpack ARCHIVER.ZOO
- ARCHIV_E.TXT english instructions to unpack ARCHIVER.ZOO
- ZOO.TTP zoo 2.1 to unpack ARCHIVER.ZOO
Dipl.-Inform. Rainer Klute klute@irb.informatik.uni-dortmund.de
Univ. Dortmund, IRB klute@unido.bitnet
Postfach 500500 |)|/ Tel.: +49 231 755-4663
D-4600 Dortmund 50 |\|\ Fax : +49 231 755-2386