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BARCPAK: An ARC<tm> to PAK<tm> Batch Conversion Utility
(C) 1989 Written by Bill Auclair <XANADU BBS> 1:141/545
V E R S I O N 1 . 2 0
BARCPAK Page 1
DISCLAIMER
The author of this software program will accept no liability for damages
resulting from its use, misuse or inability to be used. This program is
shareware, and as such may be distributed freely as long as the programs
BARCPAK.EXE and BARCPAK.DOC are not changed or modified in any way.
"ARC" is a registered trademark of System Enhancement Associates, Inc.
"PKPAK" is a registered trademark of Phil Katz and PKWare, Inc.
"PAK" is a registered trademark of NoGate Consulting, Inc.
WHAT IS BARCPAK?
BARCPAK is a program that facilitates conversion of all .ARC files
produced by either ARCA<tm> or PKPAK<tm> to the new PAK<tm> format.
The program serves as a front-end for PAK<tm>, allowing unattended
conversion of all files in BBS file areas. BARCPAK only converts
files with a .ARC extension that are defined in the FILES.BBS (or
other name) text file for each area. The program can be used as a
"one-shot" file conversion from .ARC to .PAK, and can also be called
from a batch file to periodically convert any .ARC uploads to the .PAK
format. BARCPAK automatically updates the FILES.BBS (or other name)
text file with a ".PAK" extension for every file converted.
A FEW WORDS ABOUT PAK<tm>
PAK is a product of NoGate Consulting, Inc., and is not included in
this archive. PAK formatted archive files are anywhere from 5 to 30
percent "tighter" than any previous format, resulting in significant
savings of hard disk space, especially for BBS operators.
USING BARCPAK
Before you can successfully use BARCPAK, the following conditions
must be met:
1. The program PAK.EXE must be somewhere in your DOS path.
2. The program BARCPAK.EXE must be somewhere in your DOS path.
3. You must have a valid FILES.BBS (or other name) text file
defining the files you want to convert.
4. You must invoke BARCPAK from the subdirectory to be converted.
5. Beginning with version 1.20, BARCPAK now fully supports logical
drives defined with the DOS SUBST command.
BARCPAK Page 2
The command line syntax for using BARCPAK is:
BARCPAK <filename.ext>
Where <filename.ext> is the name of the text file describing the files
to be processed.
Although BARCPAK will ignore blank lines, graphics and other extraneous
material in the FILES.BBS (or other name) text file, you MUST NOT
include a "." (period) character in the first 12 columns! BARCPAK
looks for this character to indicate a valid file entry.
If you abort BARCPAK by pressing CTRL-BREAK, you may notice a file
named BARCFILE.TMP in your directory. This is a temporary file created
by BARCPAK during the conversion process. It may be deleted with no
ill results. Please DO NOT name your description text file BARCFILE.TMP,
as confusion and chaos will result!
History:
1/15/89: BARCPAK v1.00 released.
2/10/89: BARCPAK v1.10 released. Heap limit changed so that BARCPAK no
longer "barfs" when processing large archives. Also added
some minor error-trapping enhancements.
3/4/89: BARCPAK v1.20 released. Logical drives now fully supported.
Added still more error-trapping goodies.
Please send all bug reports via NetMail to 1:141/545
3/4/89
Bill Auclair