How to use the archivers

The calling of archivers follows a common scheme: First you select the archiver you want to use from the ``File'' menu. Then a dialog box specifically designed for that particular archiver will pop up and you can specify archiver parameters by clicking at buttons and entering filenames with the GEM file selector box or with the keyboard. When you have selected all the parameters you need click at . Arcgsh will clear the screen and run the program with the parameters you specified⁶. If you have changed your mind not to execute it click at .

We will consider the different archivers now in some detail by use of examples. However, you should remember that this manual is about Arcgsh and not about the archivers as such. I strongly recommend to read the original archiver documentations!

• Zoo
  • Extracting a whole zoo archive file
  • Extracting particular files from a zoo archive file
  • Extracting from a zoo archive into another directory
  • Adding files to a zoo archive
  • Adding complete file trees to a zoo archive
  • Zoo modifiers
  • The TMPDIR field
  
  
• Arc
  • Extracting a whole arc archive file
  • Extracting particular files from an arc archive file
  • Extracting from an arc file into another directory
  • Adding files to an arc archive
  • Adding complete file trees to an arc archive
  • The ARCTEMP field
  
  
• LHarc
  • Predefined LHarc configurations
  • Establishing your own LHarc configuration
  
  
• Shar
• Tar
  • List the contents of a tar archive
  • Extract from a tar archive
  • Add files to a tar archive