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This rexx routine helps unpack and organize the
archive files downloaded from your bbs. It
provides the following functions.
1. It will unpack all zip and lzh type
files from your standard download directory
to a subdirectory of the same name of the
archive directory. This subdirectory can be
predefined or defined at execution time.
2. The zip and lzh filetypes will be changed
to piz and hzl respectively on the files in the
download directory. This is so the files will
not be unpacked again the next time you run
the routine.
3. A PM drives object will be opened for each of
the new subdirectories so that you can read files,
make program reference objects, make sure the
files were unpacked, etc.
4. It opens a drives object for your download directory.
This will allow you to examine and erase files as appropriate.
Use - This will run on 2.1 systems but has not been tried on 2.0.
Please test carefully on your system to ensure that it does not
cause you problems.
This routine can be installed as a program reference object on your desktop
by executing the routine "newinst" and providing the requested parameters.
newinst, newzips.ico, and newzip.cmd should all be in the same subdirectory
It can also be executed from the command line with the following styles
Newzips download destdirect
(This will unarchive all the files from the directory and build subdirectories under destdirect)
Newzips . destdirect
(This will unarchive all the files from the current directory (".") and build subdirectories under destdirect)
Newzips download
(This will unarchive all the files from the directory download and build subdirectories
under the default subdirectory built into the routine - Defaults are at beginning of
routine and easy to change)
Newzips
(This will use the default download and destination directories built into the routine)
This routine assumes the unarchivers are in the program path. The routine assumes
these routines are "unzip.exe" and "lh32.exe" from the UNZ50X32 and LH2_221 files
on the OS2Share BBS. These are also easy to find and change.
Comments to Felix Sawicki in the local area of Pete's BBS.