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REFORMAT.REXX
I don't know about anybody else, but I like to store my programs in
PAK format, as developed by Mark Riley. Unfortunately the vast majority
of programs downloaded from BBS's are in ARC format, and this entails
decompressing them, recompressing them into PAK format, and storing them
away, then cleaning up the files left lying around.
This program does it automatically by opening a ram: directory called
formatdir, transferring the file there, decompressing, deleting the original
compressed file, recompressing in the new format, transferring to the
original location of the original file, and then deleting the ram:
directory.
The only interaction is for you to indicate what new format you wish.
I had thought about substituting file formats by deleting the original
file, but decided that people may want to keep the original for whatever
reason.
This is the first AREXX program that I've written, so criticisms will
probably be forthcoming. Feel free, I want to learn.
Basil
PIN 71361,2622