"ARS" is small archiver which creates self-extractable
(SFX) archives. SFX archives are archives with .exe extention which extract or view on
execute so they dont need any extraction program. It is recomended to on smartdrv while
using Ars - works up to 5 times faster.
There are few advantages and disadvantages of "ARS".
Advantages:
1. ARS create no huge temporary files,so it can work on a full drive;
2. ARS written for MSDOS/8086,use only 80kb memory.ARS and archives created by it can be
executed on many others: Dos/Win95/Win98/NT/OS2/Linux and any Os with dos emulator;
3. Archives created by ARS will not simply extract on execute,they will ask you what to do;
4. ARS is freeware.
Disadvantages :
1. No GUI. (Will be in next version);
2. ARS cant update archives.(Will do in next version);