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ARJ/2 Revision History December, 31, 2000
Only general availability versions are listed.
*** Version 2.61
Build 10 [21/11/1998]
* Initial release.
Build 11 [26/11/1998]
* ARJ/2 2.61.10 would cause exception 0Dh if ARJ$DISP is killed
from the task list.
* The "clear screen" ANSI sequence now works.
Build 13 [13/12/1998]
* "ARJ M" fixup.
* Decreased the size of EXEs.
* ARJ/2 now also works under Windows NT.
Build 14 [31/12/1998]
* Minor fixes.
*** Version 2.62
Build 2 [09/01/1999]
* Minor fixes in the message section.
* ARJSFX now properly supports the "-!" option.
Build 3 [12/01/1999]
* ARJ/2 v 2.62 crashed under Windows NT when creating
directories.
* ARJSFX/ARJSFXV might come into loop on some LFN archives.
* ARJ/2 might crash if LFN goes beyond 131 characters.
Build 4 [24/02/1999]
* Various problems with ANSI comments were fixed.
* Some documentation enhancements.
Build 5 [01/05/1999]
* ARJSFXV v 2.62c has been introduced.
Build 7 [23/08/1999]
* "ARJ i" reported damage in earlier versions of ARJ/2.
* Modified file seek logic for newer IFS.
* The ARJ/2 distribution archive is now ARJ-SECURED.
Build 9 [04/09/1999]
* Fixed header comment corruption problem.
* Fixed problem with free space detection on FAT volumes larger
than 1G.
* Enabled custom environment variable setting (-+).
* Added support for spaces in filenames.
* Changed default extension to lowercase ".arj".
* Resurrected the -& error handling option.
* Volume labels are now saved and restored.
* The "-h2" group of switches has been renamed to "-2" (although
old names may still be used).
* Removed Windows NT host OS stamping to avoid confusion with
native ARJ32 archives.
* Packaged a full set of accompanying utilities.
Build 10 [15/09/1999]
* Timestamps are now restored upon directory creation.
* Added support for extended attributes to ARJ and ARJSFXV.
* Fixed a problem with directories being mishandled by ARJSFXV.
Build 12 [26/09/1999]
* Added check for encryption when creating SFX archives.
* Fixed chapter mark creation with EAs enabled.
* Fixed to allow commenting of any ARJ chapters.
* Added check for files larger than 2 gigabytes.
* Fixed volume handling of "hollow" archives ("-j#").
* Fixed handling of encrypted and dual-name archives with the
"j" and "y" commands.
* Disabled volume prompting when a volume is not an ARJ archive.
* Changed multi-volume function to automatically handle volumes
over 99.
* Implemented inline ARJ-PROTECT storage as in ARJ32 v 3.02.
*** Version 2.70
Build 1 [08/10/1999]
* Changed error message display.
* Fixed to work in xterm of XFree86 for OS/2.
* Fixed possible loop when -hk is used with multivolume option.
* Fixed a problem with temporary archive not being deleted when
no files are added.
Build 2 [25/10/1999]
* Fixed date/time stamping in ARJSFXJR.
* Fixed recursive repacking in REARJ.
* Added custom -h# format feature.
* Added comment compatibility option.
Build 4 [06/11/1999]
* Added day number option to -h#.
* Fixed extracted file postprocessing.
* Added automatic testing of ungarbled archives.
* Fixed chapter command parsing from the configuration file.
* Implemented default configuration file lookup.
* Fixed garble password prompting.
* Corrected to work with EXT2FS.IFS.
Build 5 [31/12/1999]
* Fixed rare "Can't find ..." errors when parsing list file.
* The SFX executables are now compressed with standard EXEPACK.
* Introduced new ARJ registration scheme.
* Added ARJ.KEY registration file lookup.
* Fixed "clear to end of line" ANSI sequence handling.
* Fixed "Out of memory" errors appearing after a long sequence of
archive volumes.
* Fixed abnormal effects when extracting damaged archives.
* Fixed timestamp handling during extraction.
* Fixed recursive verification with /G in REARJ.
* REARJ/2 has been updated to version 2.42.
Build 7 [06/01/2000]
* Minor optimizations of the compression procedure.
* Added .LONGNAME EA to filename conversion on archiving.
* The "/J" option was not properly working in registered REARJ/2.
Build 8 [07/01/2000]
* Fixed a problem with valid registration keys being rejected by
ARJ/2.
*** Version 2.71
Build 1 [19/03/2000]
* Changed "-ha" option to skip read-only attributes on packing.
* Fixed century display for dates beyond 2000.
* Added "-2k" switch to skip century display in list commands.
* Fixed parsing of "-v...K" and "-v...M" size modifiers.
* Fixed license information display in ARJSFXJR.
* Changed REGISTER.EXE to use "-arj" and "-arj32" options instead
of "-all".
* Changed the meaning of the "-s" option of ARJSFXV to enable
file sharing.
* Added an alternate multivolume archive naming feature.
Build 2 [25/03/2000]
* Fixed file handle deficiency (occured in 2.70.09 and 2.71.01).
Build 3 [29/03/2000]
* Fixed abnormal behavior of -b and -b2 switches.
Build 5 [27/06/2000]
* Minor fixes and modifications.
*** Version 2.72
Build 6 [18/08/2000]
* Commercial versions now never expire.
* Fixed a minor cosmetic display issue when using the "-t1"
option.
* Fixed abnormal handling of "-*".
* Fixed damaged archives resulting from -m4.
* Added option checks when modifying an existing self-extracting
archive.
* Modified ARJ version messages for compatibility with Winzip.
* Fixed multiple volume diskette updating to work properly when a
work directory is specified.
* Fixed rare issue of ARJ building an empty archive as the last
of a series of volumes.
* Fixed the ARJSFX self-extractor to detect and display an
ARJ-SECURITY envelope.
* Fixed the "jc" extract count option to work with volume split
files.
* Fixed a problem using "-js" in ARJ_SW/ARJ32_SW and on the
command line.
* Changed the "l"ist command to show " 00" for year 2000 and
"100" for year 2100.
* Added a "-2k1" switch for non-ambigous date formatting.
* Added "-hy1" and "-hy2" options to force OEM/ANSI codepage
settings.
* Fixed garbling to accept "-hg" when garbling an existing
ungarbled archive.
* Modified help display not to display milestone indicators.
* ARJCRYPT has been updated to version 2.1.
*** Version 2.73
Build 1 [19/08/2000]
* Fixed looping on self-pointing headers.
* Minor changes in the message section.
* Added "-" symbol option to configuration file to work like "+"
symbol except with prepending of its associated switch string.
* Fixed volume size handling during update of ARJ-PROTECTED
volumes.
* Corrected total file count output on list command.
* Fixed the purging "k" of chapter volumes.
* Fixed volume series breakups.
* Fixed a problem with the "-vw" option when updating a volume.
* Fixed alignment on verbose list command.
* Corrected "-i3" and "-i6" total percentage counts for multiple
volumes.
* Fixed the "-jc" extract count option to terminate prompting for
unneeded volumes.
* Fixed looping when using "-va" on large partitions.
*** Version 2.75/3.08
Build 1 [09/09/2000]
* Official release.
Build 7 [20/10/2000]
* Fixed processing of volumes beyond 99 in ARJSFXV.
Build 14 [31/12/2000]
* Fixed intermittent traps on startup of ARJSFXV.
* Split the README into separate documents.
* Fixed a problem with the "-vw" option looping.
* Fixed a "-i3"/"-i6" milestone percentage problem with the "-vw"
option.
* Fixed the "Y" command to allow "-hk" and "-g" simultaneously.
* Changed "-q" option to NOT continue to query about extracting
subsequent sections of a split file.
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