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#arc

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#50341From: Ken RobertsMay 25, 1989 9:01 PM
Betty: I have another problem with ARC. I have ARC.022 (renamed ARC) in my c directory. I have in the past been able to unarc files that I've downloaded. Today, tho, I have the until-now untried opportunity to ARC two files into one file for uploading. Every time I have tried ARC A , with any combination of names after it, I get the message "I have no work to do!" and the program ends. I have not yet created the archive, but I understood from the limited documentation that a would create the archive if one didn't already exist. The ARC is in the c directory on the disk in df0:. The two files I want to archive are Information.txt and Welcome.ps, which are located on the disk in df1:. I want to create an archive file called Welcome.arc. I want the archive file to either be on RAM: or df1:. Can you help me with the syntax? Thanks=== ===Ken
#50419From: Don Curtis/SYSOPMay 26, 1989 1:25 AM
Ken, CD to RAM: Type the following: arc a welcome df1:information.txt df1:welcome.ps BTW, ARC can't handle those long filesnames, so they may get cut off in the arcive. Don
#50456From: Betty Clay/SYSOPMay 26, 1989 7:41 AM
Ken, I know this will work. There are probably other ways. Anyway, make a directory in RAM: – call it anything – and copy your two files to it. Suppose the directory is called UPL. You now have two files in UPL. CD RAM:UPL ARC A RAM:WELCOME.ARC And that should do it. It will put everything in the directory into the arc file. Let me know if you have more problems. Betty