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- READ.ME
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- new..
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- Zipper II now supports arc,lharc, and pak conversions as well
- as automatic conversion of old zip files to the new implosion
- method of PKZIP 1.0.
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- All the utilities have been recompiled and modified for Turbo
- Pascal 5.0, and the environment scan routines have
- incorporated Borlands library. Speed is increased by over 30
- percent. Note that all the problems we have found with using
- these utilities have been due to bad config files. People
- modifying their ZIPPER.CFG file and accidentally modifying or
- partially deleting one of the lines in the file. If any of
- these utilites behave weirdly, or you get the Weird Error
- abort just delete the .CFG file and Zipper will make you a new
- one..
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- all..
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- NOTE: ZIPPER rev H and on, has had the blocks taken out of the
- recursive routine for checking embedded arcs/paks. If you are
- going to run into deep arcs and want to speed up conversion a
- ramdisk can crash on a big deep arcfile. ..might consider
- doing like Jim Bready of Nite Modulator and if you want extra
- speed use an industrial strength size cache. What this depth
- also means is that there will be no arcs or paks left inside
- zips.. and that's the way we want it.. no mo arcs..
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- During testing in the Bytebrother Labs, after application of
- multiple Black Russians we were able to create an arc file
- with 140 arcs and paks going over fifteen levels deep with
- multiple bad arcfiles and ZIPPER performed flawlessly.. If
- ZIPPER finds embedded arc or pak files deep within an arc they
- will not abort but will save the files on the level of
- corruption and rezip the entire arc. If logging is enabled
- with the /l switch an entry will be made in the log warning
- you that the ZIP file has bad embedded arcs/paks inside..
- there is a ziptest file in the arc.. a map of a test.. you'll
- find seven levels of arcs beneath the first... if you are not
- using ZIPPER have your conversion utility swallow this one..
- If it doesn't find and convert embedded levels of arcs you are
- making zips with embedded pak and arc files... why..?
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- IMPORTANT:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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- If you are running an early version of PAK prior to version
- 2.0 you will NEED to run a program called PAKINST in order to
- install it and tell it where it's CNF file is. Versions of
- PAK after 2.0 do not need the installation done..
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- The game plan for using these utilities on a BBS is as
- folows.
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- Run Zipper initially on your directories to convert all your
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- READ.ME Saturday, August 5, 1989 10:24 pm Page 2
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- files to the new imploded zip format with PKZIP1.0.
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- Nitely per Event Zipper your uploads directory to convert any
- and all ARC and PAK or LZH files. You might want to use the
- /i switch and have it ignore the files already zipped.
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- For converted zips that you want your BBS add on run Comment
- on the directories and attach the new comments, after placing
- your bbs logo in the ZIPPER.CFG file.
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- After Cleaning and Zipping all the files in your uploads run
- DIRCHECK on the upload dirlist to change the .ARC/.PAK/.LZH
- file extensions in the list to the correct .ZIP.
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- If the archive utilities.. especially PKZIP should suddenly
- start giving you help screens instead of executing commands
- delete your ZIPPER.CFG file and run ZIPPER again in order to
- create a new one..
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- Thanks to Sam Kerns and the World War IV support afforded the
- Bytebrothers at Tornado Alley BBS (316)-524-4016, one of the
- finest World War Four boards in the country. Also thanks to
- MGBBS PcBoard and the Bytebrothers conference and BROdoor at
- (316)-684-4010. Thanks to Fidonet node 14/609 Nite Flight BBS
- for support and access to Fidonet world, and for Freq
- availability of the Bytebrothers software.
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- A special thanks to Jim Bready of Nite Modulator BBS in Ca.
- for helping me see the forest. (408)-728-5598. also Mike Meyer
- of DataWarp BBS in Ok. (home of EZReader) for the great
- ideas. (918)-455-5544 and the Bytebro's sysop Bill Nolan's
- MINX (316)-721-3773 for the test bed and main Interlink access
- point.
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- I can be reached at these boards, or on Interlink. If you are
- not currently using the Interlink net available on
- participating PCBoards across the country come on aboard.
- You'll find some of the top shareware authors and a lot of
- technical info to make you more productive with your pc. See
- you there.. You'll find me hanging around a number of
- conferences including ShareWare.
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- J.L. Pearson
- of the Bytebrothers
- member Fast Logic Outlaws
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