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- Copyright (c) 1992 by CZAR Software. All Rights Reserved.
-
-
- In this README.DOC file you can find important infos about:
- 1. Installing ACZAR
- 2. Setting up ACZAR with an Environment variable
- 3. PKZIP Version 2.0
- 4. Running ACZAR under OS/2 2.0
- 5. Future plans about ACZAR
-
-
- 1. Installing ACZAR:
- --------------------
- Assuming you would like to install ACZAR in C:\ACZAR:
-
- - Change to the directory were ACZAR should be installed.
- If the directory does not exist, create it. For example,
- (assuming you are on drive C:):
-
- CD\
- MD C:\ACZAR
- CD C:\ACZAR
-
- - Copy all files into the ACZAR directory. For example,
- (assuming you are copying all files from floppy drive A:):
-
- COPY A:\*.*
-
- - All necessary files should be in directory C:\ACZAR by now
- - Run ACZAR by typing ACZAR followed by the ENTER key
- - ACZAR will run an initial setup procedure, so follow the
- commands on screen
-
- NOTE: If you ran ACZAR before installing it, delete the
- file ACZAR.DAT if it exists. For example, if you
- ran ACZAR on a floppy disk or from a temporarily
- directory, ACZAR saves internal information in
- ACZAR.DAT about the directory in which it was first
- run. After you delete the ACZAR.DAT files, copy the
- files into the directory you wish to use and run ACZAR
- again. Read section "The ACZAR.DAT File" for more
- information.
-
-
- 2. Setting up ACZAR with an Environment variable:
- -------------------------------------------------
- The following setup procedures are required ONLY if you want
- to start ACZAR from anywhere on your hard drive.
-
- If you do not choose to setup an environment variable and the
- PATH statement, you will need to change to the ACZAR
- directory and start ACZAR from there. For example,
- assume you are in the root directory C:\, and you
- installed ACZAR in C:\ACZAR. Without the environment variable
- and PATH setup, you need to change to C:\ACZAR by typing
- CD C:\ACZAR at the DOS prompt. Now you can type ACZAR and
- start-up ACZAR.
-
- To setup the PATH statement and the environment variable in
- your AUTOEXEC.BAT file (this file is mostly in C:\), do the
- following:
-
- - Use your favorite text editor, word processor, or MS-DOS
- 5.0 EDIT.COM in order to setup that environment variable.
- Enter the following line into your AUTOEXEC.BAT file (the
- AUTOEXEC.BAT is located in your root directory C:\):
-
- SET ACZAR=PATH
-
- Where PATH is the directory where all ACZAR files are
- located. For example:
-
- SET ACZAR=C:\ACZAR
-
- - To setup the PATH statement, enter the following:
- PATH=C:\ACZAR
-
- Note: If you already see a PATH statement, just append the
- following text to your existing path.
-
- For example,
- PATH=C:\;C:\DOS\;C:\ACZAR\
-
- - Save the AUTOEXEC.BAT file and exit your editor
-
- - Reboot your computer system by pressing CTRL-ALT-DEL at the
- same time in order to take advantage of the new created
- environment variable. Every time you type in ACZAR followed
- by the ENTER key from anywhere on your hard drive, ACZAR
- will be started and able to locate all necessary files.
-
-
- 3. PKZIP Version 2.0:
- ---------------------
- PKZIP and PKUNZIP version 2.0 will be included as soon as
- version 2.0 becomes available.
-
-
- 4. Running ACZAR under OS/2 2.0
- -------------------------------
- OS/2 2.0 has trouble running ACZAR under the High Performance
- File System (HPFS). These errors should NOT occur and is an
- OS/2 2.0 system glitch. ACZAR runs fine without using the
- HPFS -- using a tue DOS FAT system.
-
-
- 5. Future plans about ACZAR:
- ----------------------------
- There might be a graphical ACZAR version running under MS-DOS
- without the need for Windows 3.1. This would require an EGA
- or VGA card, though. It would be the second version of the
- "three" ACZAR's.
-
- In addition, there are plans to come-out with a Windows 3.1
- version of ACZAR. The Windows version should be fully
- compatible with the DOS version. It would be the third
- version of the "three" ACZAR's.
-
- It is unlikely that there will be a 16 bit or 32 bit OS/2 2.0
- version of ACZAR in the near future because of the HPFS
- problems in version 2.0.
-