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util/arc/nomarch_aos4.lha

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Short:Nomarch, extract arc files
Author:Russell Marks, AOS4 port by Spot/Up Rough
Uploader:Russell Marks, AOS4 port by Spot/Up Rough
Type:util/arc
Version:1.3
Requires:AOS4 and an .arc archive
Architecture:ppc-amigaos >= 4.0.0
Date:2005-10-16
Download:http://aminet.net/util/arc/nomarch_aos4.lha - View contents
Readme:http://aminet.net/util/arc/nomarch_aos4.readme
Downloads:542

nomarch 1.3 - extract old `.arc' archives.
Copyright (C) 2001,2002 Russell Marks.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at
your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.


Description
-----------

nomarch lists/extracts/tests `.arc' archives. (It also handles `.ark'
files, they're exactly the same.) This is a *very* outdated file
format which should never be used for anything new, but unfortunately,
you can still run into it every so often (especially if you mess about
with old CP/M stuff). So nomarch is handy as a way to deal with these
files.

For more on how nomarch works and how to use it, do `man nomarch' once
it's installed.


Installation
------------

Check the Makefile is ok (it should be), then do `make' and (as root)
`make install'.


Why not just use `arc'?
-----------------------

`arc' is non-Free. For a while this didn't annoy me that much, and I
put up with using it because there wasn't really anything else I could
use. But once I realised that I could probably write my own extraction
program, and that some old .arc files aren't likely to go away (for
example, the Walnut Creek CP/M CD-ROM contains well over a thousand),
I thought I'd try writing something a bit more useful than a picture
viewer for once. :-)


Why the name?
-------------

Since there are at least two different programs called `unarc' already
(one is an old CP/M program, the other isn't .arc-related), I had to
pick something a bit more obscure. I considered `arcbgon', but I
thought that was a little tacky. :-) When I noticed that there was a
word looking so similar to `no more arc', I went with that instead,
even if the mundane meaning is a little, uh, grandiose...

(Though it looks like it might also be Spanish for `filename' or
something, which could be a bit weird. Oh well.)


What about Unisys?
------------------

nomarch is capable of reading LZW-compressed files, so it has the same
legal status as a GIF decoder. Even in their current
set-lawyers-to-kill state, I don't think Unisys have a problem with
programs which only *read* LZW. Their patent expires soon anyway, and
once that happens we can all just point at them and laugh. I know I
will. :-)


Contacting me
-------------

You can email me at rus at svgalib.org.


Share and enjoy!

-Rus.






Contents of util/arc/nomarch_aos4.lha
 PERMSSN    UID  GID    PACKED    SIZE  RATIO     CRC       STAMP          NAME
---------- ----------- ------- ------- ------ ---------- ------------ -------------
[generic]                 1107    2561  43.2% -lh5- 8716 Aug  8  2002 nomarch-1.3/Docs/ChangeLog
[generic]                 6986   17976  38.9% -lh5- b611 Aug 23  1994 nomarch-1.3/Docs/COPYING
[generic]                  952    1790  53.2% -lh5- c6b9 Aug  8  2002 nomarch-1.3/Docs/NEWS
[generic]                  180     279  64.5% -lh5- 58f5 Aug  8  2002 nomarch-1.3/Docs/TODO
[generic]                  385     732  52.6% -lh5- ccfc Nov 22  1999 nomarch-1.3/Source/mkinstalldirs
[generic]                 1966    4515  43.5% -lh5- 3de4 Aug  8  2002 nomarch-1.3/Source/nomarch.1
[generic]                 1385    3077  45.0% -lh5- 1c6c Jul 30  2001 nomarch-1.3/Source/readhuff.c
[generic]                  170     313  54.3% -lh5- eeaf Jul 30  2001 nomarch-1.3/Source/readhuff.h
[generic]                 1176    2484  47.3% -lh5- e7cd Oct 13 15:56 nomarch-1.3/Source/readhuff.o
[generic]                 3523    8980  39.2% -lh5- aaa3 Aug  8  2002 nomarch-1.3/Source/readlzw.c
[generic]                  196     402  48.8% -lh5- de27 Aug  8  2002 nomarch-1.3/Source/readlzw.h
[generic]                 2900    6156  47.1% -lh5- 437b Oct 13 15:56 nomarch-1.3/Source/readlzw.o
[generic]                  658    1513  43.5% -lh5- 750b Jul 30  2001 nomarch-1.3/Source/readrle.c
[generic]                  196     365  53.7% -lh5- 943e Jul 30  2001 nomarch-1.3/Source/readrle.h
[generic]                  996    2188  45.5% -lh5- ed34 Oct 13 15:56 nomarch-1.3/Source/readrle.o
[generic]                42147  100855  41.8% -lh5- 22f7 Oct 13 15:56 nomarch-1.3/nomarch
[generic]                 1505    2849  52.8% -lh5- be8c Aug  8  2002 nomarch-1.3/README
[generic]                  215     441  48.8% -lh5- 83ed Feb 29  2004 nomarch-1.3/Source/debian/changelog
[generic]                  350     550  63.6% -lh5- 1ed4 Feb 29  2004 nomarch-1.3/Source/debian/control
[generic]                  282     398  70.9% -lh5- 23e5 Feb 29  2004 nomarch-1.3/Source/debian/copyright
[generic]                   27      27 100.0% -lh0- 6300 May 16  2002 nomarch-1.3/Source/debian/dirs
[generic]                   17      17 100.0% -lh0- 96d4 May 16  2002 nomarch-1.3/Source/debian/docs
[generic]                  589    1287  45.8% -lh5- 4294 May 16  2002 nomarch-1.3/Source/debian/postinst
[generic]                  471     954  49.4% -lh5- ada3 May 16  2002 nomarch-1.3/Source/debian/prerm
[generic]                  778    1854  42.0% -lh5- d580 May 16  2002 nomarch-1.3/Source/debian/rules
[generic]                 6022   17190  35.0% -lh5- 10d1 Aug  8  2002 nomarch-1.3/Source/main.c
[generic]                 5509   11896  46.3% -lh5- f32e Oct 13 15:56 nomarch-1.3/Source/main.o
[generic]                  450     947  47.5% -lh5- 07a6 Aug  8  2002 nomarch-1.3/Source/Makefile
---------- ----------- ------- ------- ------ ---------- ------------ -------------
 Total        28 files   81138  192596  42.1%            Oct 16 03:41

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