Subj : Vers. 2.50
To   : Jan Andreassen
From : Russ Johnson
Date : Fri Jun 02 2000 01:53 am

>I remember for some years back - before 2.04g was released there appeared a lo
> of "hacks" - let's hope this isn't just another hack.

Since PKWare announced it (some time ago), it IS authentic. Check their 
webpage.

>> 2.50 supports long file names
> For what use?

Uh, for Windows. Most of the world now use OSs that support more than 8.3. MANY 
MANY files arrive at my system (still!) that are unusable, simply because the 
file passed through a DOS system that doesn't use the latest archiver. The 
archive is missing files, or they're corrupted. Using 2.5 would resolve this. 

>> with appropriate switches
> If only it could handle multiple volumes - like e.g. ARJ do so splendidly.

If you use it for a backup... I prefer tar and/or cpio.

Russ

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