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- CUT&PASTE (c) 1994, Jason LeMay
- May 13, 1994. Version 0.50.
-
- Jason LeMay, FIDO 1:3619/29.
- BBS # 813-846-0317
-
- Thanks for trying out CUT&PASTE!
-
- IMPORTANT!!!!!!! Please read UPDATE.TXT for important information!!!
- If a file was previously CUT with version 0.01 you MUST run CUTCONV.EXE
- with the control file as a parameter in order to PASTE it together with
- version 0.50.
-
- Please feel free to distribute the unregistered version of CUT&PASTE!
-
- CUT&PASTE is a great little utility to help you take those huge files
- and cut them up into smaller ones.
-
- CUT&PASTE is a very handy utility for doing backups, chopping up
- files for transferring via modem, or any other reason you could have
- for making one big file into several small ones.
-
- SysOps! Have a LARGE file you want to make available, but no one has
- enough time to DL it? Chop it up with CUT!
-
- Easily do backups by first using an archiver, like PKZip (c), to
- make one big file to store on disk. Then use CUT to chop that file
- into one small enough to fit on disk. You can also chop EXE's,
- data files, and just about any other file with CUT, then put it back
- together again with PASTE! Even ZIP files with Authentic Verify and
- ARJ files with Security Envelopes will retain these once PASTE'd
- back together.
-
- You are not required to register CUT&PASTE. It is not EXPIREware or
- CRIPPLEware. It does have a 15 second pause at the start of both
- CUT.EXE and PASTE.EXE if it is not registered. Registration is very
- reasonable. All I ask for is a $5.00 donation showing your support
- of CUT&PASTE. Registered users will be able to call my board and
- download their registered copy of CUT&PASTE. I will call you voice with
- the number, as it may be chinging soon. Or, if you are a SysOp,
- and are running a BBS in FIDO with at least a 9600 baud modem, I
- will send the registered version to your system via CRASH mail.
- Or, for a small extra fee, I will send you the registered version on
- disk. Please read REGFORM.TXT for information on how to register.
-
- This program has been tested on compressed archives, executables, and
- data files of various types. Once PASTE'd back together, these files
- are identical to the original. They work perfectly, and using the DOS
- COMP command, I have found them to be flawless when compared to the
- original.
-
- DISCLAIMER!
- Though this software has been tested thoroughly, I, Jason LeMay, am in no
- way responsible for damage of any type incurred from use of this software.
- By using this product, you agree to accept any and all responsibility for
- any damges.
-
- WARNING!
- As with any software which makes use of the file system of your computer,
- you should take proper precautions of backing up the files you are planning
- to use this software on. While I have experienced no problems with it,
- I cannot gaurantee that you will not have any either.
-
- This is the first public release for CUT&PASTE, to be termed CNP from this
- point on.
-
- System Requirements:
- This program is so small and simple, it should work on just about any
- IBM or clone system. It was programmed on a 486SX running DOS 6.2.
- It uses very little memory (should be under 100k). If you do
- happen to encounter problems with it, please let me know. See the end of
- the document for information on how to contact me.
-
-
-
- How to use it!!!!!!!
-
- CNP is very easy to use. It is made up of two executable files:
- CUT.EXE and PASTE.EXE.
-
- I recommend putting these files into a directory somewhere in your
- PATH. If you do not know how to do this, look at the following example:
-
- Make a directory called UTIL, i.e., MD C:\UTIL
- COPY the CUT.EXE and PASTE.EXE into the C:\UTIL
- (UTIL is only an example, you can use any directory on your
- system)
- Then, in your AUTOEXEC.BAT place the following line:
- PATH=C:\UTIL;C:\DOS;
- etc, separating each directory name with a semicolon. You can
- now execute CUT.EXE and PASTE.EXE from any directory on your computer.
-
- To cut a file, just type the following line:
-
- CUT FILENAME SIZE
-
- FILENAME is the name of the file being cut. If it is in a directory
- other than the current directory, be sure to include the full PATH to
- the filename. The full PATH is ONLY required if the file being cut is
- in a directory other than the current directory.
-
- SIZE is the size, in kilobytes, that you wish each chunk to be.
- Remember, 1 kb is 1024 bytes.
-
-
- When you cut a file, it will take the first 4 characters of the filename
- and add the number of the file, along with the extension ".CUT". It will
- then create a control file with the extension ".CTL". For example, if
- you are processing PROGRAM.EXE, and it is being cut into 5 smaller files,
- the program will create the following files:
-
- CUT PROGRAM.EXE 200 > The command line to cut PROGRAM.EXE into 200k chunks.
-
- PROG-0.CUT \
- PROG-1.CUT \
- PROG-2.CUT > PROGRAM.EXE in chunked format.
- PROG-3.CUT /
- PROG-4.CUT /
- PROG.CTL --> The control file required to re-paste PROGRAM.EXE.
-
- You are limited to 1000 chunks.
-
- PASTE.EXE:
-
- To paste ".CUT" files back together, the command line is:
-
- PASTE FILENAME
-
- where FILENAME is the name of the ".CTL" file WITHOUT the extension.
- In the above example with PROGRAM.EXE, to re-paste the chunks do the
- following:
-
- Make sure that ALL of the chunks are in the current directory.
- Make sure that the ".CTL" is in the current directory with the chunks.
-
- IMPORTANT!!!!!!! If the CTL file is PROG.CTL, ALL of the chunks MUST
- begin with PROG followed by the number of the chunk, followed by the
- extension ".CUT".
-
- Next, type:
- PASTE PROG
-
- Paste will then process the CTL file and all chunks of the program, so long
- as the names have not been altered and the numbers are correct.
-
-
- That is all there is to running CUT&PASTE!
-
-