Subj : Create message bases
To : Tommi Koivula
From : Kai Richter
Date : Wed Mar 24 2021 08:08 pm
Hello Tommi!
24 Mar 21, Tommi Koivula wrote to August Abolins:
>> > MJ> Unzipping a PKT and viewing the *.msg file is easier.
>>
>> > who, in their right minds, is archiving PKTs into bundles in this
>> > day in age? :smh:
>>> One of my 'nets is delivering archived PKTs in
>>> the form ####.MO1. ####.M02 ####.TU1, etc. That's fine.
TK> As a point you can talk to the areafix of your boss and ask for
TK> archived packet, or not. (try %packer)
And i'm stumbling in translation again. I do know that it's common to call a file.ZIP or similar an archive. The CP/M tool arc is described as "general archive and file compression utility". Please note the wording "and" which i do understand as two different things.
Within the goldref documentation the wording "archive" refers to goldeds file distribution files. My understanding of archive is a collection of content for preservation.
For PKT files usually the other use "compression" applies. I'd like to recommend to follow the areafix command %packer and talk about packed or unpacked PKTs. The keywords pack and unpack can be found within the fidoconfig configuration environment of the husky software suite too.
