MARC(1) LOCAL COMMANDS MARC(1)
NAME
marc - archive merger
SYNOPSIS
marc tgtarc srcarc [ files ... ]
DESCRIPTION
Reads files from the arc archive srcarc and add them to the arc archive
tgtarc.
HISTORY
Arc has been in use in the CP/M and MSDOS world for many years. Thom
Henderson developed the original version, but it is important to note
that arc is based on the file compression theories developed by Huff-
man, Welch, Knott, Knuth, and many other scientists. This implementa-
tion is based on version 5.21 of the MSDOS program.
BUGS
Arc behaves just like the PC version of the program; all functions of
the "usage" display are working. Full compatibility with PC ARC files
is maintained, the price for which is that arc doesn't like long file-
names, and can only archive files with names of up to 12 characters.
It will *sometimes* do The Right Thing with them, but I suggest you put
long-winded filenames in a "shar" before arcing them.
There shouldn't be any problems, (hah!) but if you find any, please
send them to me at:
hyc@hanauma.jpl.nasa.gov
AUTHORS
Original MSDOS program by Thom Henderson
COPYRIGHT(C) 1985-87 by System Enhancement Associates. You may copy
and distribute this program freely, under the terms of the General Pub-
lic License.
Original Lempel-Zev code derived from compress 4.0. Modified to sup-
port Squashing by Dan Lanciani (ddl@harvard.edu) Ported from MSDOS by
Howard Chu, with help from John Gilmore (hoptoad!gnu), James Turner
(daisy!turner) and others.
Howard Chu@JPL 25 Nov 1992 MARC(1)
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