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  1.      *********************************************************************
  2.      ╘╚╔╙ ┴╥╘╔├╠┼ ╔╙ ┬┼╔╬╟ ╨╥┼╙┼╬╘┼─ ╘╚╥╧╒╟╚ ╘╚┼ ╨╔╨ ╧╬╠╔╬┼ ├╨/═ ═┴╟┴┌╔╬┼
  3.      ╧╞ ╘╚┼  ╬┴╘╔╧╬┴╠ ├╨/═ ╥╧╒╬─╘┴┬╠┼  ╧╬ ╟┼╬╔┼.   COPYRIGHT (C) 1988  ┬┘
  4.      ┬╔╠╠ ╩╒╠╔┴╬╔.   ┴╠╠ ╥╔╟╚╘╙ ╥┼╙┼╥╓┼─.   ╨┼╥═╔╙╙╔╧╬ ╔╙  ╚┼╥┼┬┘ ╟╥┴╬╘┼─
  5.      ╘╧ ╬╧╬-╨╥╧╞╔╘ ╧╥╟┴╬╔┌┴╘╔╧╬╙  ╧╬╠┘ ╘╧ ╥┼╨╥╔╬╘ ╘╚╔╙ ┴╥╘╔├╠┼ ╧╥ ╨┴╙╙ ╔╘
  6.      ┴╠╧╬╟  ┼╠┼├╘╥╧╬╔├┴╠╠┘ ┴╙ ╠╧╬╟  ┴╙ ╨╥╧╨┼╥ ├╥┼─╔╘ ╔╙ ╟╔╓┼╬ ╘╧ ┬╧╘╚ ╘╚┼
  7.      ┴╒╘╚╧╥ ┴╬─ ╟┼╬╔┼.
  8.      *********************************************************************
  9.  
  10.      ***********************************
  11.      *                                 *
  12.      *  ├OMPRESSION/─ECOMPRESION       *
  13.      *             ╒TILITIES           *
  14.      *                                 *
  15.      *  ┬Y: ╥ICH ╙CHREINER <╥╔├╚┘>     *
  16.      *                                 *
  17.      ***********************************
  18.  
  19. ├OMPRESSION/─ECOMPRESSION  ╒TILITIES, A BREIF DESCRIPTION OF  ╙QUEEZE,
  20. ╒NARK, ╒NCRUNCH, AND ╒NSQUEEZE.
  21.  
  22.      "╙QUEEZED" FILES ARE ALWAYS SIGNIFIED BY HAVING THE EXTENSION TAIL OF:
  23.  
  24.                                      .?╤?
  25.  
  26.      ╘HE FOLLOWING ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF FILENAMES OF SQUEEZED FILES
  27.  
  28.  
  29.                     ╨╔╨.├╤═       =  ╙QUEEZED  ╨╔╨.├╧═
  30.                     ╨╒╘.├╤═       =  ╙QUEEZED  ╨╒╘.├╧═
  31.                     ╚┼╠╠╧.─╤├     =  ╙QUEEZED  ╚┼╠╠╧.─╧├
  32.                     ╥┼┴─-═┼.╘╤╘   =  ╙QUEEZED  ╥┼┴─-═┼.╘╪╘
  33.  
  34.  
  35.      ╚ERE IS WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE TO USE ╙╤.├╧═ TO "SQUEEZE" ╨╔╨.├╧═:
  36.  
  37.                         (NOTE THE COMMAND LINE SYNTAX)
  38.  
  39. ****************************************
  40.                                        *
  41. ┴>SQ PIP.COM                           *
  42. ╙╤ V1.11  ╩IM ╠OPUSHINSKY  02/16/84    *
  43. ╨╔╨.├╧═ -> ╨╔╨.├╤═                     *
  44. ┴>                                     *
  45.                                        *
  46. ****************************************
  47.  
  48.      ┴ND  THAT  IS  ALL  THERE IS TOO IT! ╙╤.├╧═ TAKES  PIP.COM  AND  MAKES  A
  49. ╙╤╒┼┼┌┼─ FILE NAMED PIP.CQM WHICH IS SMALLER.
  50.  
  51.      ╫E CAN ALSO USE NORMAL WILD CARD SYNTAX AND SQUEEZE MULTIPLE FILES AT THE
  52. SAME TIME. ╚ERE IS AN EXAMPLE:
  53.  
  54. *****************************************
  55.                                         *
  56. ┴>SQ P*.*                               *
  57. ╙╤ V1.11  ╩IM ╠OPUSHINSKY  02/16/84     *
  58. ╨╔╨.├╧═ -> ╨╔╨.├╤═                      *
  59. ╨╒╘.├╧═ -> ╨╒╘.├╤═                      *
  60. ┴>                                      *
  61.                                         *
  62. *****************************************
  63.  
  64.  
  65.                            )=--==> * ╨╔╨ * <==--=(
  66.  
  67.  
  68.      "┴RKIVE" FILES ARE ALWAYS SIGNIFIED BY HAVING THE EXTENSION TAIL OF:
  69.  
  70.                                      .ARK
  71.  
  72.      ╘HE FOLLOWING ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF FILENAMES OF ┴RKIVED FILES:
  73.  
  74.                                    ╨╔╨.┴╥╦
  75.                                   ╚┼╠╠╧.┴╥╦
  76.                                  ╥┼┴─-═┼.┴╥╦
  77.  
  78.      ╚ERE IS A LOOK AT THE SYNTAX FOR THE UNARC.COM UTILITY:
  79.  
  80. ┴>UNARC ARKIVE FILENAME
  81.    ^      ^       ^
  82.    1      2       3
  83.    ▄      ▄       ▄
  84.    ▄      ▄       ╘HIS IS THE FILE WHICH YOU WANT TO EXTRACT FROM THE ARKIVE
  85.    ▄      ▄
  86.    ▄      ╘HIS IS THE ┴RKIVE TO WHICH YOUR FILE IS TO BE EXTRACTED.
  87.    ▄
  88.    ╘HIS IS THE COMMAND TO CALL THE UNARC.COM UTILITY.
  89.  
  90.  
  91.      (2)  ╔T  IS  NOT NECESSARY TO PUT THE .ARK TAIL, JUST  THE  NAME  OF  THE
  92. ARKIVE.
  93.      (3)  ╫ILDCARD SYNTAX CAN BE USED WHEN SPECIFYING WHICH FILES  TO  EXTRACT
  94. FROM THE ARKIVE.
  95.  
  96.      ╫ITH UNARC.COM IT IS NECESSARY TO SPECIFY THE DRIVE LETTER FOR WHERE  THE
  97. ARKIVE IS AND WHERE THE FILES TO BE EXTRACTED ARE TO GO.
  98.  
  99.      ╚ERE IS WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE TO USE UNARC.COM TO EXTRACT ╨╔╨.├╧═  FROM
  100. AN "┴RKIVE" CALLED PIP.ARK.
  101.  
  102.                         (NOTE THE COMMAND LINE SYNTAX)
  103.  
  104. ******************************************************************************
  105.  
  106. ┴>UNARC ┴:PIP ┴:PIP.COM
  107. ┴RCHIVE ╞ILE = ╨╔╨.┴╥╦
  108. ╧UTPUT ─RIVE = ═:
  109.  
  110. ╬AME           ╠ENGTH  ─ISK   ═ETHOD  ╓ER  ╙TORED ╙AVED    ─ATE    ╘IME   ├╥├
  111. ============  =======  ====  ======== === ======= ===== ========= ======  ====
  112. ╨╔╨     .├╧═     8704   10K  ├RUNCHED  8     7043  20%  29 ╞EB 88 10:30P  7┬┴┴
  113. ┴>
  114.  
  115. ******************************************************************************
  116.  
  117.      ╘O  EXTRACT  ALL  FILES,  JUST SPECIFY WHICH DRIVE AND  DO  NOT  PUT  ANY
  118. FILENAMES.  ┴LL OF THE FILES IN THE ARKIVE WILL BE EXTRACTED TO THE  SPECIFIED
  119. DRIVE. (3)
  120.  
  121.      ╚ERE IS AN EXAMPLE
  122.  
  123. ******************************************************************************
  124. ┴>UNARC ┴:PIP ┴:
  125. ┴RCHIVE ╞ILE = ╨╔╨.┴╥╦
  126. ╧UTPUT ─RIVE = ┴:
  127.  
  128. ╬AME           ╠ENGTH  ─ISK   ═ETHOD  ╓ER  ╙TORED ╙AVED    ─ATE    ╘IME   ├╥├
  129. ============  =======  ====  ======== === ======= ===== ========= ======  ====
  130. ╨╔╨     .├╧═     8704   10K  ├RUNCHED  8     7043  20%  29 ╞EB 88 10:30P  7┬┴┴
  131. ╨╒╘     .├╧═     7040    8K  ├RUNCHED  8     5469  23%  29 ╞EB 88 10:30P  4326
  132.         ====  =======  ====               =======  ===                    ====
  133. ╘OTAL      2    15744   18K                 12512  21%                    ┬┼─0
  134. ┴ 
  135.  
  136. ******************************************************************************
  137.  
  138.  
  139.                            )=--==> * ╨╔╨ * <==--=(
  140.  
  141.  
  142.      "├RUNCHED" FILES ARE ALWAYS SIGNIFIED BY HAVING THE EXTENSION TAIL OF:
  143.  
  144.                                      .?┌?
  145.  
  146.      ╘HE FOLLOWING ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF FILENAMES OF ├RUNCHED FILES:
  147.  
  148.  
  149.                     ╨╔╨.├┌═       =  ├RUNCHED  ╨╔╨.├╧═
  150.                     ╨╒╘.├┌═       =  ├RUNCHED  ╨╒╘.├╧═
  151.                     ╚┼╠╠╧.─┌├     =  ├RUNCHED  ╚┼╠╠╧.─╧├
  152.                     ╥┼┴─-═┼.╘┌╘   =  ├RUNCHED  ╥┼┴─-═┼.╘╪╘
  153.  
  154.  
  155.      ╚ERE IS WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE TO USE UNCR.COM TO "╒NCRUNCH" ╨╔╨.├┌═:
  156.  
  157.                         (NOTE THE COMMAND LINE SYNTAX)
  158.  
  159. ************************************************************************
  160.                                                                        *
  161. ┴>UNCR PIP.CZM                                                         *
  162. ╟┼╠ ╒NCRUNCHER V2.3                                                    *
  163.                                                                        *
  164.  ┴0:╨╔╨.├┌═        ===>  ┴0:╨╔╨.├╧═       ╧VERWRITE EXISTING FILE? Y   *
  165.   IN    OUT   RAT   CA    CR                                           *
  166.  ====  ====  ====  ====  ====                                          *
  167.                                                                        *
  168.   54 /  68  126%  4096   781   (   7K --->    9K)                      *
  169.                                                                        *
  170. ┴>                                                                     *
  171.                                                                        *
  172. ************************************************************************
  173.  
  174.  
  175.      ┴ND THAT IS ALL THERE IS TOO IT! ╒╬├╥.├╧═ TAKES PIP.CZM, A CRUNCHED FILE,
  176. AND RESTORES IT TO ITS NATURAL SIZE, PIP.COM.
  177.  
  178.      ╬OTICE  THE  OVERWRITE  PROMPT, ITS A NICE SAFETY FEATURE  TO  KEEP  FROM
  179. LOSING AN IMPORTANT FILE BECAUSE OF BEING OVERWRITTEN.
  180.  
  181.      ╫E  CAN ALSO USE NORMAL WILD CARD SYNTAX AND UNCRUNCH MULTIPLE  FILES  AT
  182. THE SAME TIME. ╚ERE IS AN EXAMPLE:
  183.  
  184. *******************************************************
  185.                                                       *
  186. ┴>UNCR P*.*                                           *
  187. ╟┼╠ ╒NCRUNCHER V2.3                                   *
  188.                                                       *
  189.  ┴0:╨╔╨.├┌═        ===>  ┴0:╨╔╨.├╧═                   *
  190.   IN    OUT   RAT   CA    CR                          *
  191.  ====  ====  ====  ====  ====                         *
  192.                                                       *
  193.   54 /  68  126%  4096   781   (   7K --->    9K)     *
  194.                                                       *
  195.  ┴0:╨╒╘.├┌═        ===>  ┴0:╨╒╘.├╧═                   *
  196.   IN    OUT   RAT   CA    CR                          *
  197.  ====  ====  ====  ====  ====                         *
  198.                                                       *
  199.   43 /  55  128%  4096    45   (   6K --->    7K)     *
  200.                                                       *
  201. ┴>                                                    *
  202.                                                       *
  203. *******************************************************
  204.  
  205.  
  206.  
  207.  
  208.                            )=--==> * ╨╔╨ * <==--=(
  209.  
  210.  
  211.      "╙QUEEZED" FILES ARE ALWAYS SIGNIFIED BY HAVING THE EXTENSION TAIL OF:
  212.  
  213.                                      .?╤?
  214.  
  215.      ╘HE FOLLOWING ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF FILENAMES OF SQUEEZED FILES
  216.  
  217.  
  218.                     ╨╔╨.├╤═       =  ╙QUEEZED  ╨╔╨.├╧═
  219.                     ╨╒╘.├╤═       =  ╙QUEEZED  ╨╒╘.├╧═
  220.                     ╚┼╠╠╧.─╤├     =  ╙QUEEZED  ╚┼╠╠╧.─╧├
  221.                     ╥┼┴─-═┼.╘╤╘   =  ╙QUEEZED  ╥┼┴─-═┼.╘╪╘
  222.  
  223.  
  224.      ╚ERE IS WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE TO USE ╒╙╤.├╧═ TO "UNSQUEEZE" ╨╔╨.├╤═:
  225.  
  226.                         (NOTE THE COMMAND LINE SYNTAX)
  227.  
  228. ***************************************************
  229.                                                   *
  230.                                                   *
  231. ╒╙╤  ╓ERSION 1.20     ─AVE ╥AND     01/07/1984    *
  232. ╨╔╨.├╤═ -> ╨╔╨.├╧═                                *
  233.                                                   *
  234.                                                   *
  235. ***************************************************
  236.  
  237.      ┴ND THAT IS ALL THERE IS TOO IT! ╒╙╤.├╧═ TAKES PIP.CQM, A SQUEEZED  FILE,
  238. AND RESTORES IT TO ITS NATURAL SIZE, PIP.COM.
  239.  
  240.      ╫E  CAN ALSO USE NORMAL WILD CARD SYNTAX AND UNSQUEEZE MULTIPLE FILES  AT
  241. THE SAME TIME. ╚ERE IS AN EXAMPLE:
  242.  
  243. ***************************************************
  244.                                                   *
  245. ┴>USQ P*.?Z?                                      *
  246. ╒╙╤  ╓ERSION 1.20     ─AVE ╥AND     01/07/1984    *
  247. ╨╔╨.├╤═ -> ╨╔╨.├╧═                                *
  248. ╨╒╘.├╤═ -> ╨╒╘.├╧═                                *
  249. ┴>                                                *
  250.                                                   *
  251. ***************************************************
  252.  
  253.  
  254.                            )=--==> * ╨╔╨ * <==--=(
  255.