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Date:	Thu, 13 May 2004 08:31:36 PDT7
From:	Ray Davison <raydav@charter.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Re: ZIP problem, archiver.bb2

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Steve Carter wrote:
>
> Svobi:
> archiver.bb2 is a kind of "decode sheet" that allows applications
> to invoke and issue the correct commands for a wide variety of
> common and uncommon archivers. You still need the archivers
> accessible in your path, but it provides a common access method
> for the various archivers and their array of options and switches.
> Mark Kimes' FM/2 was the first place I saw archiver.bb2 and it has
> since been adopted by Kim Henkel in Ztree Bold. I use ZTREE daily and
> would hate to be without it. It doesn't do(un)-archiving by itself,
> but rather uses arhciver.bb2 to properly invoke the various archivers
> which YOU provide separately somewhere in your path to handle the
> various archiver formats.
>
> That way, the "fornt end" (user interface) doesn't have to be
> re-written to accommodate changes in the archiver, just a simple
> modification to the archiver.bb2 file. That 's what Steven meant
> by "future proofing" the application. We all owe a great debt to
> the foresight of Mark Kimes, even though he has left OS/2.
> If you'd like to try out the new open source FM/2, it is available.
> Steven posted it to Hobbes. Although I'm a satisfied ZTREE user,
> as is Steven, FM/2 is a very intersting File Manager. You should
> at least try it one time. Archive handling is just one feature
> of the program.

I have been collecting file managers since about 1988. On OS/2 I
currently have four that I use for different purposes. For copying or
moving a few files or directories and making, adding to or extracting
from Arc type files I use FM/2. Lately I have only had need for Zip and
Rar. Both work fine. But, I have no reference to an archiver.bb2. Are
we talking about the same thing?

Ray

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