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NAME

6       marc - archive merger
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SYNOPSIS

9       marc tgtarc srcarc [ files ... ]
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DESCRIPTION

12       Reads files from the arc archive srcarc and add them to the arc archive
13       tgtarc.
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HISTORY

16       Arc has been in use in the CP/M and MSDOS world for many  years.   Thom
17       Henderson  developed  the original version, but it is important to note
18       that arc is based on the file compression theories developed  by  Huff‐
19       man,  Welch,  Knott, Knuth, and many other scientists. This implementa‐
20       tion is based on version 5.21 of the MSDOS program.
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BUGS

23       Arc behaves just like the PC version of the program; all  functions  of
24       the  "usage" display are working.  Full compatibility with PC ARC files
25       is maintained, the price for which is that arc doesn't like long  file‐
26       names,  and  can  only archive files with names of up to 12 characters.
27       It will *sometimes* do The Right Thing with them, but I suggest you put
28       long-winded filenames in a "shar" before arcing them.
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30       There  shouldn't  be  any  problems, (hah!) but if you find any, please
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AUTHORS

37       Original MSDOS program by Thom Henderson
38       COPYRIGHT(C) 1985-87  by  System  Enhancement  Associates;  ALL  RIGHTS
39       RESERVED
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41       Original  Lempel-Zev  code derived from compress 4.0.  Modified to sup‐
42       port Squashing by Dan Lanciani (ddl@harvard.edu) Ported from  MSDOS  by
43       Howard  Chu,  with  help  from John Gilmore (hoptoad!gnu), James Turner
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48Howard Chu@JPL                    25 Nov 1992                          MARC(1)