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UNDO -- User-friendly Non-Specific Dearchiving Operation
Version 1.3
By Christopher J. McConnell
Email: cjm@naucse.cse.nau.edu
The purpose of UNDO is to provide a shell to dearchive a file
without having to remember which dearchiver to use with which options.
The inspiration for this program came from a non-programmer friend
of mine, Ross Thomas, who could not handle all of the different archive
formats, but still found file compression a valuable tool. So here it is.
A program that dearchives most popular formats without the hassle.
UNDO handles ZOO, ZIP, ARC, ARJ, LZH, PAK, compression routines.
These routines are owned and copywrited by their respected authors.
Usage: UNDO [ -l ] archive_name.ext [ file_name.ext ]
Options: -l -- To list files within the archive in order to obtain
the name of a file to be extracted.
file_name.ext -- This is the name of a particular file or
files that you want out of an archive. Only
through the use of wildcards, are multiple files
handled.
Configuration: This program will automatically configure itself
if the program discovers that it has not been
configured as of yet. To edit the configurations,
just use any text editor on the UNDO.CFG file in
your root directory or delete the UNDO.CFG file and
reenter all of the values. If you do not have a
particular archiver/dearchiver that the program asks
for, press Control-D and press Enter for the path_name.
Terms and Limitations: This is a shell, not the actual archiving
program. Thus any fault of the dearchiving process
is that of the archiver/dearchiver and not of UNDO.
UNDO uses only the simple e or x options for
extractions, other options are simply not available
at this time. This means that file_names, not
path_names will be extracted from archives.
If you find a bug in this program that I did not find,
tell me, I will fix it and re-post the program as
soon as possible.
UNDO is shareware. If you like the program as is,
send at least $10 for the use of it. There is a bit
of time and effort put into programs such as this,
and this time should be recognized in some manner.
UNDO does not include all of the options above
without registration. UNDO will not handle
the -l option or specific file(s) without your
registration. Upon receipt of $15, and your
name and address, I will send you the full
program.
Send your registration to:
Christopher J. McConnell
492 W. Philomena Dr.
Flagstaff, Az 86001
Revision History:
1.1 -- This program is wriiten in C and C will let
you hang yourself so I did. Major bug with dealing with
options.
1.2 -- Bug fix for 1.1 was not compatable for all flavors
of computers. Re-wrote fix for 1.1 for all flavors, and
recompiled code for entire 8088 series, instead of just
80286 and above.
1.3 -- The file name would not always be empty upon
start-up, thus you would occasionally get erroneous file
listings from the dearchivers. (Full Version only)