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  1. QF is a file find utility which supports ALL compressed file methods I know
  2. of at this time.
  3.  
  4. Current compression methods supported are:  ARC, DWC, LZH, LZS, ZIP, PAK,
  5.                                             and ZOO.
  6.  
  7. ============================================================================
  8.  
  9. Revision History:
  10.  
  11.                    4.50 - Re-wrote self verification feature, because old
  12.                           one was WAY too slow.   This version should start
  13.                           searching almost immediatly.   Also tried my 
  14.                           hand at writing assembler routines, to cut down 
  15.                           on the ever enlarging code size (without assembler
  16.                           routines, EXE file was around 32.5K).  Didn't
  17.                           achieve a lot of space savings, but got some
  18.                           assembler under my belt now (sigh).
  19.  
  20.                    4.01 - Added command line switch to enable redirection.
  21.                    
  22.                    4.00 - Fixed bug that wouldn't allow finding of filenames
  23.                           with a '-' character as the FIRST character in the
  24.                           filename.
  25.                           
  26.                           Fixed bug when just QF ? was entered at the prompt.
  27.                           Now this will give the same screen as if you had
  28.                           just typed QF <cr>.
  29.                           
  30.                           Added /T switch to give subdirectory size and total
  31.                           breaks between each directory search.
  32.  
  33.                    3.60 - Implemented 32-bit CRC self-checking of QF.EXE
  34.                           file upon start-up, to insure no tampering has
  35.                           been done to the file.
  36.                           
  37.                           Implemented a total re-write of the command line
  38.                           parsing routine, to fix a bug in it when there was
  39.                           a '-' or '/' character in the file specification.
  40.                           
  41.                           Removed DWC, LHARC, LARC and PKZIP Self Extracting
  42.                           archive searching for the sake of speed.  I did 
  43.                           not realize the amount of time it added to the 
  44.                           compressed file searches when I added it, thinking
  45.                           looking in SFX files was worth it.   In my opinion,
  46.                           it's not.
  47.                           
  48.                    3.51 - Minor Bug Fixes
  49.  
  50.                    3.50 - Added DWC, LHARC, LARC, and PKZIP Self Extracting
  51.                           archive support
  52.  
  53.                    3.02 - Added more command line flexibility.
  54.                           Added QF_OPT environment variable to specify
  55.                           default QF switches.
  56.  
  57.                    3.01 - Stripped path from files in LZH format when
  58.                           displaying them
  59.  
  60.                    3.00 - Added support for LARC version 3.33, and DWC
  61.                           version 4.95 archives.
  62.  
  63.                           Added the /E switch to list archive formats
  64.                           currently supported.
  65.  
  66.                    2.14 - Miscellaneous bug fixes.
  67.  
  68.                    2.13 - Changed compilers   from Turbo C version   2.0
  69.                           to Microsoft  C   version   5.1.    This   led
  70.                           to a  substantial improvement  in speed.  Also
  71.                           fixed bug  when  searching  all drives,  would
  72.                           skip  the   C:   drive   if   floppy  B:   was
  73.                           present.
  74.  
  75.                           Included test results and batch file for
  76.                           comparison of QF to Norton's File Find version
  77.                           4.50  (QF.TIM = results, TEST.BAT = batch)
  78.  
  79.                    2.12 - Added .LZH file searching.
  80.                           Added "Are you sure" prompt and warning
  81.                           when using the /D /N switch combination.
  82.  
  83.                    2.11 - added .ZOO  file searching.  Fixed  error
  84.                           checking when searching compressed files.
  85.                           (program  would  just  hang  up   without
  86.                           telling you there was an error).
  87.  
  88.                           Removed  /ARC, /O, /ZIP, /ZO switches and
  89.                           replaced them with /CF and /CO  to search
  90.                           ALL compressed files automatically.
  91.  
  92.                    2.10 - added .ZIP searching and global delete.
  93.  
  94.                    2.00 - added .ARC & .PAK searching
  95.  
  96.                    1.00 - initial  release.     Plain  "whereis"
  97.                           utility
  98.  
  99.