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- SmartZIP (tm) ZIP File Optimizer ■ Version 1.10 ■ August, 1990
- Copyright 1989, 1990 ■ Joseph A. Vincent Consulting ■ All Rights Reserved
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- What's new or different in SmartZIP?
-
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- >>>>> SmartZIP 1.10, August, 1990
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-
- Registering SmartZIP will now entitle you to a copy of MergZIPs, a new
- ZIP merge utility that is unavailable as shareware. See "SMARTZIP.DOC"
- or "READ_ME.NOW" for details.
-
- Eliminated the final re-execution of the "best" compression algorithm.
- Previously, SmartZIP would try each of the different compression
- algorithms, searching for the one that would yield the smallest
- compressed file. After identifying the best compression algorithm,
- SmartZIP would re-execute that algorithm, ZIPping the file into the
- target ZIP. Although this approach conserved disk space, it took more
- time. In SmartZIP 1.10, the individual best ZIP file is retained and
- merged into the target ZIP, saving time at the expense of an increase in
- disk work space required.
-
- Added full path specification support for both the ZIP file and the
- filenames to be SmartZIPped.
-
- Added a new option ("/K") to keep the existing ZIP date if the ZIP file
- already exists. SYSOPs asked for this one.
-
- PKZIP execution is displayed in a separate "window" under SmartZIP's
- window for the amusement and pacification of the impatient.
-
- Added retention of paths and comments stored within a ZIP that is being
- reZIPped using the "/R" (reZIP) option.
-
- Added a full set of exit codes (ERRORLEVELs). If either PKZIP or
- PKUNZIP fails, the PKWare exit code is returned. SmartZIP 1.1's exit
- codes do not duplicate those in PKWare's programs, so the source of the
- exit code will be clear.
-
- Rewritten in Microsoft C, yielding a smaller, faster program.
-
- Further refined and cleaned up the documentation.
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- >>>>> SmartZIP 1.00, August, 1989
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-
- Updated to accommodate and exploit the capabilities in PKZIP 1.01.
- (PKZIP 1.01 introduced Imploding, a new compression algorithm.
- Shrinking was retained from PKZIP 0.9x and Reducing was dropped in PKZIP
- 1.01.) SmartZIP 1.0 will try Imploding, Shrinking and, if specifically
- requested via an option, Reducing.
-
- Since Reducing, from PKZIP 0.9x, sometimes compresses better than
- Imploding or Shrinking, added an option ("/B", for "Both") to invoke
- PKZIP 0.9x and try Reducing in addition to PKZIP 1.01's Imploding and
- Shrinking. To use this option, PKZIP 0.9x must be renamed to
- "PKZIP09.EXE" and must be in a directory in your PATH.
-
- Added a new option ("/R") to provide reZIPping of an existing ZIP file.
- Since reZIPping is now incorporated into SmartZIP, dropped the .BAT
- file that was previously used for reZIPping.
-
- Added a new option ("/O") to set ZIP date to the date of the latest
- file.
-
- Added a workaround, suggested by Phil Katz, for files that have "@" or
- "-" as a leading character. Such files confused PKZIP, which refused to
- compress them.
-
- Made minor cosmetic changes.
-
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- >>>>> SmartZIP 0.90ß, March 24, 1989
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-
- Eliminated the distinction between ASCII reducing and binary reducing.
- Phil Katz explained to me that there is really only one reducing
- algorithm, not one for ASCII and another one for binary. As a
- consequence, the "/S" ("Smarter") option has been eliminated, since it
- is no longer meaningful.
-
- Added a file specification parameter used to specify the files to be
- SmartZIPped. Wild cards are fully supported.
-
- Added much more robust edits and error-checking logic. The ZIPname,
- file specification and options are all vigorously checked. Appropriate
- error messages are displayed for each type of error.
-
- Added an "information panel" to display correct syntax and brief help
- information if no command line is specified or if an error is detected.
-
- Made cosmetic changes to the displays. Expanded and cleaned up the
- documentation.
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- >>>>> SmartZIP 0.80ß, March 19, 1989
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-
- Initial release (solid but anemic -- it was pretty much a "bare-bones"
- program).