[Coco] Best way to copy a large number of OS9 files to/from hard drive or network drive.

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On 2019-05-15 17:39, Bill Pierce via Coco wrote:
> I 2nd Allen's vote on "arc". It was written by Fred Sawtell (I think)
> and "I think" came from the OS9 UG collection so it would have been on
> CIS as well as Delphi.
> One warning with arc... it will fail on filenames starting with
> numbers (originally an OS9 no no), but will continue through the rest
> of the files.
> And no, it's not in the NitrOS9 repo as it was written in C. I have
> sources to it but I think the source I have is not the same version as
> the file I have. I think the actual file is newer. One day I'll
> disassemble it and see what's different.
> Arc's usage:
> 
> Usage: arc [-acdeflmuv] from_dir to_dir
>      a = all files
>      c = confirm file if not there
>      d = confirm non-existant directory
>      e = confirm existing directory
>      f = prevent copy of files
>     ln = only n levels of the tree (1..9)
>      m = do multilple (all) directories
>      v = verify the copy
>      u = force uppercase for comparisons
> 
> I have used arc to copy completely full 128meg HDs with no failures
> and the only cmd used was "arc -amu /dd /h2"
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Allen Huffman <alsplace at pobox.com>
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Wed, May 15, 2019 5:08 pm
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Best way to copy a large number of OS9 files
> to/from hard drive or network drive.
> 
> I loved a utility called “arc” (not for archiving — but for batch
> copying). It was super easy compared to dsave and I still use it
> today. No clue where it came from, though, but maybe it’s in NitrOS-9?
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>> On May 15, 2019, at 3:53 PM, coco at jechar.ca wrote:
>> 

Bill

I am quite sure I have arc but also quite sure it is ancient about 25 
years old.
Never used it thought it was an archiver and I used LHZ almost 
exclusively.
Could you send me a copy of the updated binary as an attachment to a 
reply to this email.

Thanks

Charles.

>> 
>> I have many Meg to copy but after a Meg/or two I get one error or 
>> another.
>> using script generated by dsave.
>> 
>> Is there a better way ?
>> 
>> Charles.
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