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darrendr@powerup.com.au (Darren Drysdale) wrote:

>>Hi All,

>>I have a problem that I hope you may be able to help me with.  I often
>>have a need to create graphic files that are several MB in size.  I
>>then need to give these files to various people on various computers.

>>The size of the files means that they will not fit onto a 1.4MB disk
>>(even when compressed).  I could use the standard MS Windows, Windows
>>95 or DOS Backup to transport these files, but not every person I give
>>the files to will have MS Backup (or the correct version) on their
>>machine.

>>What I am after is a Compression program (or backup program) which
>>will take a file of several MB and place it on several disks.  It
>>needs to have some sort of standalone executable file which will then
>>decompress and join the files at the other end.  It needs to be
>>standalone for ease of use at other end.

>>The program will preferably be in DOS or Windows 3.1 format (i use
>>Windows 95, but many of my clients/suppliers don't))

>>If anyone knows of such a program, could you please e-mail me with the
>>details ASAP - my wife won't let me spend enough time on the net to
>>monitor newsgroups. :-(

>>If possible I would like the program to be on the net so I can
>>download it immediately.  I need a solution urgently.

>>Thanks in advance
>>Darren
>>darrendr@powerup.com.au


>>--------------------
>>Darren Drysdale
>>Brisbane, Australia.

I think ARJ since version 2.50 will do what you want.
arj a -varchivsize -je Archiv files
will create a selfextracting multivolume archive. The first file is
the EXE- file which will extract and join the files.
This funktion  is limited to 362000 byte in the shareware version, so
you will have to register.
The shareware version is available at many servers in the net.
One address I know is ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/arcers/arj250a.exe.
Hope this helps.
Mario

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Mario Laboch        
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