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  2.     ARJ RELEASE HISTORY:
  3.  
  4.     0.20   12/28/90  Fixed memory allocation usage with switch "-js".
  5.                      Fixed the problem of an archive add including itself.
  6.                      Modified AV.C program to handle larger comment fields.
  7.                      Improved wildcarding mechanism.
  8.                      Improved recursion mechanism to allow non-wildnames.
  9.                      Improved Huffman encoding and decoding routines.
  10.                      Improved "-s" to work with non-update commands.
  11.                      Improved volume sizing.
  12.                      Removed ".ARJ" suffix checking when using "-v".
  13.                      Changed create self-extractor switch to "-je".
  14.                      Changed stdin input from getchar() to fgets().
  15.                      Removed pause from "l" and "v" commands.
  16.                      Split help function into brief help and detailed help.
  17.                      Changed method 3 to a much faster algorithm.
  18.                      Added "-vv" switch to beep terminal between volumes.
  19.                      Added "-jc" switch to check for RAW console mode.
  20.                      Added "-e1" switch.
  21.                      Added support for both "/" and "-" as switch characters.
  22.                      Added "s" modifier to -v switch to allow DOS commands
  23.                         prior to each volume.
  24.                      Added permission to delete prompt for "-d" switch.
  25.                      Added -x exclude switch.
  26.                      Added -jr recover switch.
  27.                      Added -jf full path switch.
  28.                      Added -jp pause switch.
  29.                      Added -jt test after build switch.
  30.                      Added -jv verbose switch.
  31.                      Added -jk to keep temporary archive after an abort.
  32.                      Increased archive comment size to 2048 bytes.
  33.  
  34.  
  35.     0.15a  12/01/90  Fixed problem with getting disk space error message
  36.                         when extracting from floppy disk using -v option.
  37.                      Fixed erase comment command sequence.
  38.                      Fixed volume continuation when no files added.
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  40.  
  41.     0.15   11/21/90  Fixed problem with ..\TEST parsing.
  42.                      Added multiple volume flag to main archive header to
  43.                         avoid problem with deleting continued files.
  44.                      Changed extended position switch from -x to -jx.
  45.                      Added self-extraction switch -x to ARJ.
  46.                      Added capability of processing and updating of
  47.                         self-extracting ARJ files.
  48.                      Added generic path processing for cross platform
  49.                         archives.
  50.                      Added switch -js to store various archives.
  51.                      ARJ will not abort in commands "a", "f", "u" when it
  52.                         cannot read a file.  It will report an error count.
  53.                      Modified -m1 to compress slightly better.  Old -m1 is
  54.                         now -m2.
  55.                      Improved compression of -m4.
  56.                      Fixed comment option to allow IBM graphics.
  57.                      Changed -h to -ja.
  58.                      Added -ob (before date).
  59.                      Fixed P command to work with binary files.
  60.                      Added -va option to provide disk space detection.
  61.                      Added disk space check to -v option.
  62.                      Added Move command.
  63.                      Added Remove paths command.
  64.                      Optimized the CRC and some IO routines to assembler.
  65.                      Added -j switch to select alternate switch characters.
  66.                      Fixed a problem updating with "-jx".
  67.                      Fixed a problem with the -garble option.  Added -jg
  68.                         option to recover certain garbled files.
  69.                      Added "--" option to allow non-switch args beginning
  70.                         with "-".
  71.                      Added total/percentage display to compression output.
  72.                      Improved method 4 compression in size reduction.
  73.  
  74.  
  75.     0.14   10/21/90  Fixed problem with full -o date overflowing array.
  76.                      Fixed get_line problem with array overflow.
  77.                      Fixed comment handling in updating archives.
  78.                      Fixed full pathname matching.
  79.                      Fixed character count processing in scan_text().
  80.                      Fixed make_code() Internal table error.
  81.                      Speeded up recursive file search.
  82.                      Fixed problem with -k switch when a backup file already
  83.                         exists.
  84.                      Fixed sample to screen to display only 79 characters
  85.                         of each text line.
  86.                      Fixed problem with attribute display in "l" command.
  87.                      Fixed problem with deleting output file upon "quit".
  88.  
  89.                      Added -v option.
  90.                      Added -x option.
  91.                      Added -l option.
  92.                      Added -h option.
  93.                      Added W command.
  94.                      Added extra flags to listing display.
  95.                      Added multiple line comments and comment file input.
  96.                      Modified command line argument processing to allow
  97.                         switches at any position.
  98.                      Increased file processing capacity to 16000.
  99.                      Increased ARJ archive file limit to 8000.
  100.                      Modified method of storing filenames in memory.
  101.                      Modified comment display to strip escape characters
  102.                         by default.
  103.                      Improved security envelope facility.
  104.                      Added option to -b switch to select reset of archive
  105.                         bits.
  106.  
  107.  
  108.     0.13a  09/29/90  Fixed problem with *.* not matching single component
  109.                      filenames.
  110.  
  111.  
  112.     0.13   09/29/90  First public release.
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  115.     end of history
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