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- ZFront - a Front-End for UNZIP
- Version 1.00
- 19 January, 1993
-
- Oberon Software
- 518 Blue Earth Street
- Mankato, MN 56001-2142 USA
-
- Voice: 507-388-7001
- Fax: 507-388-7568
- BBS: 507-388-1154
-
- Fidonet: 1:292/60
- MCI Mail: oberon/413-5847
- CIS: 72510,3500
- GEnie: B.FLOWERS
-
-
- If you are used to using PKUNZIP version 1.xx for OS/2 and have
- attempted to migrate to the INFO-Zip 32-bit UNZIP utility for its
- compatibility with the newer DOS versions of PKZIP and PKUNZIP, you
- have undoubtedly noticed that you have had to sacrifice a certain
- amount of functionality on the command line. In specific, UNZIP does
- NOT:
-
- o Allow wildcards in the zipfile specification. I.e., PKUNZIP
- allows "PKUNZIP -x *.ZIP" and UNZIP does not.
-
- o Accept output paths for extracted files. I.e., PKUNZIP allows
- "PKUNZIP -x ZIPFILE D:\OUTPATH\" and places extracted files in
- the D:\OUTPATH directory, UNZIP does not.
-
- o Because UNZIP lacks the output path ability, it does not operate
- correctly with Oberon Software's PMQWK Offline Mail Reader!
-
- ZFRONT acts as a front-end processor for UNZIP to correct these
- problems. It DOES NOT perform the "unzipping" itself, it simply
- "massages" the command line and the environment before executing
- UNZIP.EXE allowing you, and PMQWK, the use of these constructs!
-
- Use ZFRONT where you would normally use UNZIP. The command line
- syntax is:
-
- ZFRONT [-unzip_options] zipfilespec [outpath\] [filespec...]
-
- Use ZFRONT with PMQWK by opening the "Paths" dialog from the
- "Options" menu and setting ZFRONT.EXE as your "Unzipper" program.
-
- If you execute ZFRONT with no command line parameters, it will
- display a brief help message describing its usage.
-
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- ZFRONT requires UNZIP.EXE to be present in either the current
- directory or in a directory referred to in your PATH setting in
- order to operate.
-
- ZFRONT is a 32-bit, OS/2 executable. It requires OS/2 2.0 or
- later as the host operating system in order to function.
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-
- If you have renamed UNZIP.EXE to something else you may still use
- ZFRONT but you must inform ZFRONT of the name change by way of the
- ZFRONT environment variable. For example, if you have renamed
- UNZIP.EXE to IUNZIP.EXE, place to following line in your Config.Sys
- file: "set ZFRONT=IUNZIP.EXE" and ZFRONT will adapt to the new name.
-
- You may also instruct ZFRONT to send the output it normally prints on
- screen to a file by use of the ZFRONTLOG environment variable. To do
- this, set the ZFRONTLOG variable to a valid file name; ZFRONT will
- append all of its screen output to this file. For example, if you
- "set ZFRONTLOG=E:\ZFRONT.LOG" before you execute ZFRONT, any
- informational and/or error messages will appear in E:\ZFRONT.LOG.
- This feature may be helpful when using ZFRONT with PMQWK if you have
- any problems because PMQWK normally runs the packers and unpackers in
- the background and any screen output is lost otherwise.
-
- ----------
-
- ZFront Version 1.00 is Copyright (c) 1993 by Oberon Software
- All Rights Reserved
-
- Permission is hereby granted to anyone to use this program for any purpose
- whatsoever as long as the following is clearly understood:
-
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- If you use this software, you do so at your own risk. Oberon
- Software will not be liable for any losses or damages to property,
- data, time, or business which arise as the direct or indirect result
- of the use, misuse, or failure to be able to use this software or
- documentation. Your acceptance of these terms is implied by your use
- of this software and documentation.
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