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AV.DOC
12/14/94
The AV.EXE program shows a directory of one or more archive files (ZIP, ZOO,
etc), including some self-extracting files. Features of this program:
* The directory information is presented in full-screen mode and you can
use PgUp and PgDn to scroll amount the screens
* Allows you to sort the display of the members in a number of ways
* Allows you to reset the file date of the archive to match the date of
the most recent member of the archive
A typical display might look (in part) like the following:
DEMOS411.ZIP Date Time OrigSize Method NowSize %reduce 1 of 1
------------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------
DEMO.DOC 94/07/17 18:40:18 5185 Deflated 1945 63 [PgUp]
DEMODEMO.CTL 94/06/20 22:27:10 48901 Deflated 14343 71 [PgDn]
DEMOMAKE.EXE 94/10/12 20:28:36 232524 Deflated 138029 41 [Home]
DEMOSCRS.DOC 94/07/17 18:33:34 4306 Deflated 1911 56 [End]
DEMOSCRS.EXE 94/06/21 16:55:40 46371 Deflated 31033 34 [Up]
DEMOSCRX.DOC 94/06/20 22:27:40 5023 Deflated 2106 59 [Down]
DEMOSCRX.EXE 94/10/20 01:12:52 59294 Deflated 41653 30 [Sort]
DEMOSYS.DOC 94/07/17 18:44:48 118061 Deflated 35136 71 [Name]
DEMOSYS.REF 94/07/17 18:44:58 135181 Deflated 37751 73 [Ext]
FILE_ID.DIZ 93/01/31 12:50:50 180 Deflated 157 13 [Date]
SAMPLES.EXE 93/06/26 01:06:14 7005 Deflated 6738 4 [Size]
START.BAT 93/07/31 00:00:52 375 Deflated 241 36 [CurSize]
SUPER.F16 93/04/12 18:24:46 4096 Deflated 1330 68 [Ratio]
TSHOW.EXE 92/02/06 20:45:02 33362 Deflated 17078 49 [Orig]
VGA-ROM.F16 93/04/12 18:24:46 4096 Deflated 1354 67 [-Flip]
WAYNESOF.GIF 93/01/30 20:47:00 9262 Stored 9262 0 [Esc]
[Quit]
[Date]
============ ======== ======== ======== ======== ======== =======
*16 94/10/20 01:12:52 713222 340067 53%
DEMOS411.ZIP 94/10/21 02:04:32 341653
When viewing a screen's worth of information, you can typically choose among
a number of options including the following:
PgUp view the previous screen's worth
PgDn view the next screen's worth
Home top line
End bottom line
Up move the screen up one line
Down move the screen down one line
Sort change the sort order for this and subsequent files;
you're prompted for "BY?" and you should enter either
"-x" or "x" or press Esc to get out of this: the archive
is reread after you ask to re-sort it; x is one of:
N = file name
E = file extension
D = file date and time
S = file size of the original (non-compressed) file
C = current (compressed) size of the file
R = compression ratio
O = original order (no sorting)
Esc go to the next archive file (if any, else quit)
Quit return to DOS (Ctrl-C also works)
Date update the archive date
These options are presented on the right side of the screen and can be selected
with the mouse cursor if one is available.
If the number of members in the archive exceeds 820, the program will continue
to process the members but it will turn off the display of all information
except for file names and will skip all sorting options. If the number of
members exceeds 1200, the program will skip all subsequent members although the
information on last date and total bytes should still be accurate.
The AV.INI file:
AV will read a AV.INI file if one is found. (You can specify a different file
name if desired.) The file is an ASCII text file that can be created maintained
by hand. The file can consist or one or more command line parameters (only
those that begin with a "/"), one statement per line.
The file can also contain comments which are blank lines or any line beginning
with:
; (semi-colon)
: (colon)
' (quote)
AV looks for the initialization file in your default subdirectory first. It
then searches for it in the subdirectory where the executable was and then goes
through your DOS path.
Passing in "/-I" or "/INULL" skips loading the INI file. This saves some
execution time as the program does not need to search your path for the file.
CONFIGWS.EXE:
In addition to using the AV.INI file, you can permanently change some defaults
within AV.EXE by using the CONFIGWS.EXE program. CONFIGWS.EXE is not included
in the AV distribution package but previous versions can typically be used with
AV if desired. (The same CONFIGWS.EXE program can be used to path a number of
Wayne Software programs.) If CONFIGWS can't patch the executable, it will notify
you of this before altering anything.
CONFIGWS.EXE allows you to set the following defaults:
Pause output: /P or /-P
List order: /ON, /O-N, /OS, /O-S, /OD, /O-D, /OE, /O-E, /OC, /O-C
When setting options, the program will process defaults in the following order:
(1) CONFIGWS.EXE-settable settings
(2) AV.INI settings
(3) command-line settings
The *last* settings encountered win.
Syntax:
AV filespec [ /-P | /P ] [ /Ox | /O-x ] [ /DATE ] [ /Iinitfile | /-I ]
[ /MOUSE | /-MOUSE ] [ /Q ] [ /? ] [ > filename ]
where:
"filespec" is the file specification to process. Can include drive, path, and
wildcards if desired.
"/P" says to view the directory in page mode. This is the default but you can
change this setting using the program CONFIGWS.EXE. The default is
automatically /-P (which can't be overridden) if redirection ("AV ... >
filename") is used.
"/-P" says to view the directory not in page mode. This prevents you from being
offered the fix-date option as well. This mode is automatic if redirection ("AV
... > filename") is used.
"/Ox" and "/O-x" allow you to specify the display order for the files. "x" can
be one of the following:
N = file name
E = file extension
D = file date and time
S = file size of the original (non-compressed) file
C = current (compressed) size of the file
R = compression ratio
O = original order (no sorting)
If you precede the "x" with a dash ("-"), the sort will be done in reverse
order. Defaults to /OO but this can be altered using CONFIGWS.EXE.
"/DATE" resets the file date to that of the most recent member. Automatically
invokes /-P. The command "AV *.* /DATE /Q" is a quick way to reset the file
date stamps for all archives in your current subdirectory.
"/Iinitfile" says to read an initialization file with the file name "initfile".
The file specification *must* contain a period. If no drive or path information
is specified, the program will search for initfile beginning in your default
subdirectory and then going throughout your DOS path. The use of an
initialization file is optional. Initially defaults to "/IAV.INI".
"/-I" (or "/INULL") says to skip loading the initialization file.
"/MOUSE" says to activate the mouse if present. This is initially the default.
"/-MOUSE" says to skip activating the mouse even if present.
"/Q" skips the display of the member names. Automatically invokes /DATE and /-P
and is typically used in cases where you want to reset all file dates (e.g. "AV
*.* /Q").
"/?" or "/HELP" or "HELP" shows you the syntax for the command.
">filename" redirects the output to a text file. This automatically invokes
the /-P option. This is useful for getting a complete listing of the
contents of your compressed files. For example:
AV *.* > TEMP.TXT
Return codes:
AV returns the following ERRORLEVEL codes:
0 = no problems
254 = no valid archives were found
255 = syntax problems, file not found, or /? requested
Author:
This program was written by Bruce Guthrie of Wayne Software. It is free for use
and redistribution provided relevant documentation is kept with the program, no
changes are made to the program or documentation, and it is not bundled with
commercial programs or charged for separately. People who need to bundle it in
for-sale packages must pay a $50 registration fee to "Wayne Software" at the
following address.
Additional information about this and other Wayne Software programs can be found
in the file BRUCEymm.DOC which should be included in the original ZIP file.
("ymm" is replaced by the last digit of the year and the two digit month of the
release. BRUCE312.DOC came out in December 1993. This same naming convention
is used in naming the ZIP file that this program was included in.) Comments and
suggestions can also be sent to:
Bruce Guthrie
Wayne Software
113 Sheffield St.
Silver Spring, MD 20910
fax: (301) 588-8986
See BRUCEymm.DOC file for additional contact information.
Foreign users: Please provide an Internet e-mail address in all correspondence.