From: Pat Eyler <pate@...>
Date: 2002-03-21T00:12:38+09:00
Subject: Re: Archives

On Wed, 20 Mar 2002, Massimiliano Mirra wrote:

> Those interested in archive-like containers like Tar and Zip but also
> mailboxes, flat file databases, and even file system directories,
> please have a look at http://www.allruby.com/rpkg/ar.rb.  Thomas Hurst
> and I worked on the prototype of an interface that in the end could
> let you access all these containers uniformly.  I'd be grateful for
> any comments.

Right now, I'm getting an HTTP 404 error on this url.  I'm excited to see
a uniform interface to archives though.  I'll have a look at the code when
it's available.

-pate

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> Massimiliano
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