Date   : Wed, 14 Mar 1990 22:02:34 GMT
From   : cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!anasaz!chad@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Chad R. Larson)
Subject: ark/unark

I have succeeded in getting the Simtel20 server at North Dakota to send
me some files.  The first one I got was the CP/M index, which was in an
archive along with some support files.

After I concatenated and "uudecode"ed the archive parts, I tried to
unarchive it using the archive program on our Unix machine.  This is the
System Enhancement Associates ARC 5.12 program ported to SystemV by Mike
Stump and Chris Seaman.  The Unix version identifies itself as version
1.1 dated 27 Mar 87.  This attempt failed, with various error messages
that generally indicated the archive was corrupted.

I then got the server to send me the CP/M program "unarc" (version 1.6,
dated 3/21/87) from the starter kit directory.  This program successfully
unpacked the archive.

My question is this: Why couldn't the unix version of unarc manipulate
the archive?  Aren't the formats supposed to be the same?  Has anyone
else tried this combination?  I want to be able to completely process
(uudecode/unark/whatever) files from Simtel20 on my Unix machine so I
can print the documentation on its high-speed laser printer and examine
the README files before I kermit them on to my CP/M boxes.  Shouldn't
this be possible?

Thanks for any insight.
       -crl
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