Date   : Fri, 14 Jul 1989 10:08:24 PDT
From   : Bridger Mitchell <bridger%rcc@rand.org>
Subject: More on LBR tools

> matthew@sunpix.UUCP...
> Third question (related to the first).  Any LU type program that handles 
> library management, and automatically squeezes/unsqueezes files?

The Z-System has an extensive set of library (LBR) tools.  VLU is a
full-screen shell that will display, and extract in uncrunched form,
a .?Z? file.  LTYPE will view in scrolling mode a crunched member of
a library.  Other tools, such as LGET and LPUT, can be used to extract
and insert members.

These tools, like the Z-System, continue to evolve with improved
features.  Recent versions of LPUT, LDIR, and CRUNCH maintain the
datestamps of files inserted and extracted as LBR members, when hosted
by a system running DateStamper.

JetFind, a fast string-search utility with grep features, will search
sQueezed and crunched (?Z?) ascii and WS files inside one or several
libraries.  Options allow extracting matching lines or the entire file.

Z-System tools are available on Z-Nodes and simtel20.  The latest
versions of the Z-System (NZ-COM for CP/M 2.2, Z3PLUS for CP/M Plus),
and also JetFind, are available from Sage Microsystems East and
Plu*Perfect Systems, and also selected Z-Nodes.

-- bridger mitchell