various unarchivers
Replaces: util/arc/Repack35b.lha
Version:  3.6


This is Repack version 3.6, a bugfix of version 3.5b


 Note : Sorry to Andrea,but I have never been able to get this script to
        work as it should,when repacking LZX archives. This has been a MAJOR
        problem,seeing as I wanted the script to compress all 4500 PD
        archives,and using the individual directories by hand takes AGES...

        I did it about 3 years ago !!!! :-)


        I've also made the docs a lot more easier to understand. I can't be
        bothered to convert it to a guide... Well,not yet anyway


New in version v3.6 - updated by me (Steptoe)
- fixes problem with LZX repacking,using multi_select. Now works,but not a
  very neat way of doing it
- see LzxRePack.readme about the problem,or was it just me and my system ???


New in version 3.5b:
- fixed broken code that prevented correct use with multi-archives. Now it
work as it should.
- fixed Tar-gzipped extraction and managment.

Repack stands for: Recursive Enhanced Pratical Archive Conversion Kit.
It's an Arexx script that converts entire directories of archives of various
formats to LZX.
It's better than any other similar LZX repacker because:
- all the operating parameters can be chosen through Reqtools requesters or on
  the command line.
- it repacks archives RECURSIVELY! This comes very useful if you need to
  convert those distribution made of many .lha files archived together.
- can handle most of the used archivers|packers: Lha, Arc, Zoo, Pak, Zip, Arj,
  Rar, Xarc, Hpack, Gzip, Tar, Tar-gzipped.
- works either on single files or entire directories.
- is SAFE! If anything goes wrong while repacking, no harm will be done to the
  original files.
- includes a special option, called 'BBS mode' made especially for BBS like
  DLG-pro or C-Net; if this mode is enabled, Repack will copy the original
  comment and datestamp of the old archive to the new .LZX .
- there's also a one-shot single-file version useful for C-Net systems.
- works even with nasty file and directories names that includes spaces.
- can recurse through sub-directories.
- has an add-and-omit files option (to get rid of or add #?.displayme kind of
  files - see doc!).
- can take advantage of the registered version of LZX.
- has a log file.

It's FREEWARE so enjoy!!!

 PERMSSN    UID  GID    PACKED    SIZE  RATIO     CRC       STAMP          NAME
---------- ----------- ------- ------- ------ ---------- ------------ -------------
[generic]                  685    1324  51.7% -lh5- 5623 Dec 30  1998 s/repack.ano
[generic]                 1052    2215  47.5% -lh5- cdad Dec 31  1998 lzxrepack.readme
[generic]                 7059   17666  40.0% -lh5- dd18 Feb  8  1997 repack.doc
[generic]                 8032   27371  29.3% -lh5- 3c26 Dec 30  1998 repack.rexx
[generic]                 6070   17666  34.4% -lh5- 7220 Feb  8  1997 repack.rexx.bbs
[generic]                  646    1252  51.6% -lh5- 49e9 Dec 30  1998 repack.rexx.info
[generic]                 1377    2600  53.0% -lh5- 1e04 Dec 30  1998 repack36.readme
[generic]                  920    2078  44.3% -lh5- 27f5 Dec 30  1998 repack_multiselect.rexx
[generic]                  921    3390  27.2% -lh5- 0b84 Feb  8  1997 repack_multiselect.rexx.info
---------- ----------- ------- ------- ------ ---------- ------------ -------------
 Total         9 files   26762   75562  35.4%            Dec 31  1998