MARC(1L) LOCAL COMMANDS MARC(1L)NAMEmarc - archive merger
SYNOPSISmarc 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; ALL RIGHTS
RESERVED
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(1L)
