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Date:	Thu, 13 May 2004 21:01:35 PDT7
From:	Ray Davison <raydav@charter.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Re: ZIP problem

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J. R. Fox wrote:

>>>Yes, something that makes use of ARCHIVER.BB2 is definitely the way to go.
>>>There are a few such programs.
>>
>>What function is it supposed to perform? How would I know if I have
>>whatever capability it provides?
>
> It makes possible shell processing of the archiving functions, under the aegis
> of some other program, such as ZTree or FM/2. If you ever see a menu item in
> your xyz program that lets you switch between Zip, PKZip, Arj, RAR, etc., for
> archive / de-archive purposes (and "xyz" program is not itself a multi-mode
> archiver program), then ARCHIVER.BB2 is most likely what is making this
> possible.

See other branch of this thread for my correction. File COMMANDER/2 has
an archive menu but not archiver.bb2.

Ray

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