Pack-it 

                        Copyright © 1987 by TIGRESS
                    P.O. Box 665 - Glendora,CA - 91740
                          Written by Gary Kemper

What is does:

   Pack-it will take all the files and directories on a disk and will put
them into one file. If the file you end with is too large you can do the
disk in two or more parts. You can also use Pack-it for part of a disk by
using a valid path name to a directory. This will do just those files and
dir's in that directory. Then you can ARC all the smaller files into one
file.

   After you have your file it can be sent over the modem complete. When
you get a file you just use Pack-it to read the file and it will store all
the files and directories back on to a disk exactly as they were when you
started, saving you the trouble of renaming, making directories, and every-
thing else you have to do with an ARC file. By using Pack-it and ARC in
conjunction you can ARC a complete disk by typing two lines at your CLI.

   So to sum it up the reason you will want to use Pack-it is so that you
can, with one command, create or restore a complete disk before and after
ARC'ing.

Directions:

   The syntax is "Pack-it {c,e} DEV: FILENAME"

                  c    = Create new file
                  e    = Extract a file
                  DEV: Can be any device or device and pathname.
                       ( RAM:, DF0:c, VD0:fonts ... etc.)
                  FILENAME is any valid filename.

      note: Pack-it will add '.PAK' to the end of the filename so you will
            want to keep your filename under 6 characters because ARC will
            not accept names longer than 10 characters. Also you don't have
            to put the .PAK at the end of your filename when extracting
            data from your file.

Hints:

   When sending a disk you don't need to send all the files because a lot
of them will be the workbench files we all have. At the CLI enter:
'dir >DIRLIST opt h' to make a file with all the files on the disk. You
can ARC this in with the file to show what files were on the disk to start
with. Then make a copy of the disk you want to send and delete off the copy
all the workbench files and directories (c, l, s, fonts, libs,  ...etc.).
(You will also want to keep a disk around with just those files on it, for
when you need a disk to extract a file on to it.) Now you end up with a disk
that has only what you want to send, so now just run Pack-it and ARC the
file it creates along with the DIRLIST and you are ready to send. (you will
want to include a copy of Pack-it when you ARC if the other person does not
have it yet.)

Shareware:

   If you feel that this program is something that you will use and it saves
you time and trouble, please send $10 to the above address. This will
encourage more people to write programs that you will actually use.

                                    Gary Kemper