AIN 2.2  Copyright (c) 1993  TRANSAS MARINE Ltd.
A new archiver.  In  some cases it compresses  twice better than the well-
known ARJ 2.30, which it is similar to by the features it provides.  It is  
also faster than any other archiver.

     Usage

AIN <command> [{/|-}<switch>...] <archive name>[.AIN]
    [<base directory name>\] [@<list name>|<wild name>...]

     <Commands>

a: Add files to archive
d: Delete files from archive
e: Extract files from archive
f: Freshen files in archive
l: List of contents of archive
m: Move files to archive
t: Test integrity of archive
u: Update files to archive
v: Verbosely list contents of archive
x: eXtract files with full pathname
y: copY archive with new options

     <Switches>

f: archive Fragment size
   f<number>[K] or f<number>M: size of <number> K (or M) bytes
     f360, f800K, f1.2M
   fa: use all the free space on the disk (default)
h or ?: Help
g: Garble archive with password
   g<password>[=<new password>]
   gJohn - garble with password "John"
   g?[=?] - enter password from keyboard
m: Method of compression
   m1: maximal compression, slow
   m2: normal compression (default)
   m3: fast compression
   m4: no compression
o: Output directory (with a, f, m, u, y commands)
   oa:\ - place the archive updated into directory a:\
p: match using full Pathnames (with e, l, v, x)
p1: match Pathname with subdirectories
r: Recurse subdirectories (with a, f, m, u)
s: (All) set archive time-Stamp
u: archive Update speed
   u1: slow update, higher compression (default)
   u2: normal update speed
   u3: fast update, lower compression
w: assign Work directory
   wd:\tmp - place temporary files into d:\tmp directory
x: eXclude files from processing
   x{@<list name>|<wild name>}
   x*.exe: exclude *.exe files
   x@list.txt: exclude files listed in file list.txt
y: reply Yes to the program request
   yo: overwrite existing file
   yf: proceed to next fragment
   y:  reply Yes to all requests


     Archiver's options constantly used are recommended to be stored  into the
AIN_SW enviroment variable. For example, you may want to place the command:

			     SET AIN_SW=/WC:

into  autoexec.bat  in  order to  avoid  "Disk full" message  when updating an
archive on a floppy disk.

     Examples

     1. AIN A ARCHIVE1
Create the ARCHIVE1.AIN archive and store in it all  files  from  the  current
directory.

     2. AIN E ARCHIVE1
Extract to the current directory all the files stored in the archive.

     3. AIN E ARCHIVE1 A:\PROJECT\ *.C *.ASM
Extract to the directory A:\PROJECT all files whose extensions are
either .C or .ASM.

     4. AIN F ARCHIVE1
Freshen files of the archive with newer copies (if any).

     5. AIN A /R /M3 ARCHIVE2 \BC\ *.EXE *.COM
Create an archive  and store *.EXE and *.COM files contained in the \BC direc-
tory and all its subdirectories.

     6. AIN X ARCHIVE2
Extract all files  restoring  their paths.  Automatically create all necessary
directories.

     7. AIN F ARCHIVE2 \BC\
Freshen  files of the archive with newer copies (if any), contained in the \BC
directory without subdirectories.

     8. AIN /R F ARCHIVE2 \BC\
Freshen  files of the archive with newer copies (if any), contained in the \BC
directory and its subdirectories.

     9. AIN /R U ARCHIVE2 \BC\  *.COM *.BAT
Freshen *.COM files and add  *.BAT files, contained in the  \BC  directory and
its subdirectories.

    10. AIN D ARCHIVE2 *.EXE
Delete all *.EXE files from the archive.

    11. AIN V /P A:ARCHIVE2 \BC\BIN\*.*
Display information about files of the archive's \BC\BIN directory.

    12. AIN V /P1 A:ARCHIVE2 \BC\BIN*.*  > ARC.DIR
Display information about files whose full names begin with "\BC\BIN".

    13. AIN Y /M1 /U3 ARCHIVE1
Reproduce the archive using "M1" compression method and fast update option.

    14. AIN Y /FA /OA: C:ARCHIVE1
Reproduce  the archive  existing on C: drive  to A: drive archive divided into
fragments, using all free space of every diskette.

    15. AIN A /F360 A:ARCHIVE3 @WILDLIST
Create archive on A: divided into 360K fragments and add files whose names and
name templates are contained in WILDLIST file.

    16. AIN F /WC:\TMP A:ARCHIVE3.001
Freshen files of the second archive fragment, using  C:\TMP for storing tempo-
rary data.

    17. AIN M /GEAST  ARCHIVE4 /X*.OBJ /X*.EXE
Moving  all  the  files  from  the current directory, except  *.OBJ and *.EXE.
Archive is encrypted with the password "EAST".  Files  successfully  stored in
archive will be deleted from the directory.

    18. AIN Y /GEAST=WEST  ARCHIVE4
Change the password to "WEST".

    19. AIN Y /GWEST=  ARCHIVE4
Cancel the encryption.

    20. AIN /? > AIN.HLP
Write down this Help into the AIN.HLP file.

    Dear Customer, if you have decided to use this program on a regular basis, 
we would  recommend you to  transfer the amount of USD 17.00 to TRANSAS MARINE 
account. This money will facilitate further development of the archiver.

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