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HISTORY
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Version 1.43
Cleaned up some 'dormant' code. By opening the files just a slightly
different way, I was able to eliminate a complete process, saving at
least 100 bytes or more of EXE size and speeding up the run time.
Changed how you had ZIPUP writing out the comment to the .ZIP
file. I changed it from a while/for loop to a fputs() call for
simplicity.
Added some missing fclose() calls for when there was an error
detected. It was causing some troubles on wildcard processing of
directories that had more than 15 files that were not .ZIP files.
Basically, the program was running out of file handles. I also
deleted some code that I had installed to test out some problems,
and forgot to remove earlier.
Version 1.42
Increased ZIPUP's execution speed by approximately 150% by reading
the .ZIP Comment File into memory and then writing out of memory when
processing the individual .ZIP files. This increase is most notable
when processing several .ZIP files from the command line using
wildcards, but is noticeable when processing even single files. In
previous versions, the .ZIP Comment File was opened and read for EACH
of the .ZIP files ZIPUP processed -- a process we knew was slowing
ZIPUP down but we were too lazy to correct.
Corrected a bug that didn't restore the original TIMESTAMP to the
files that ZIPUP was processing. In version 1.30, the problem of
restoring the original file datestamp was resolved, but the timestamp
was overlooked.
Added an information line to the output screen that showed the user
what .ZIP comment file was being inserted into the archives, as well
as the length that file.
Expounded the documentation.
Version 1.41ß (Not released to the public)
Changed how ZIPUP determines whether the file is a ZIP compressed file
or not. Now the program looks at the starting header of the file and
ignores the extension. It makes it so you can add a comment to a ZIP
file that does not end with a .ZIP extension. In addition, this also
speeds up the execution on Wildcard type comment changes.
Changed code so that it will only search 0xFFFF bytes into the archive.
That is the physical size limit of any zip comment.
Version 1.40
Tightened up the code, causing the executable file to be smaller yet
run significantly faster.
Cleaned up the source code some for easier readiblity by those who
wish to peruse it.
Invoked a 4,096 byte limit to the allowable length of a .ZIP comment
file.
Added the ability to use the DOS environment to pre-define the
location of the .ZIP comment file. This also increased the execution
speed somewhat, as well as making the program easier to use.
Version 1.30
Added code to prompt for .ZIP file name and Comment file name if they
aren't found on the command line. Some late releases of Version 1.2
had this feature.
Added some code to retain the original date of the .ZIP file. This was
requested by some of the users who don't get a chance to process the
uploads on there BBS the same day they get them.
Sped up the display of the working indicator to show activity better
when ZIPUP is used on a network.
Version 1.20
Improved the command line use of Wildcards. All DOS wildcards are now
supported.
Added error messages for non-fatal errors.
Changed display to look similar to PKZIP.
Added indicator to tell when program is actually working. (Thanks, Phil!)
Version 1.10
Fixed major bug that cropped up when you tried to add a shorter comment
to the ZIP file than what was there before. The program used to just
skip over the offending .ZIP file and go on to the next one.
Introduced limited wildcard usage.
Fixed minor bugs that were reported in Version 1.0.
Modified display of program to show file that have been processed.
Version 1.00 10-15-89
The first release.