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Jonathan Richards' Intelligent Rezipper 2.0 Colony Computer Services P.O. Box 578 Lindenhurst NY 11757-0578 How this manual is written. ============================= I wrote this manual hoping you will read this while exploring the rezipper. If you do so, you will know the full workings of the rezipper within 20 minutes. I will first give a short introduction of myself and what The Intelligent Rezipper does. Following the introduction I will discuss on how to obtain technical support and how to register the rezipper. I will then describe the details of each rezipper option in the order it appears. Finally, I will briefly describe each menu option and how to run the rezipper in a batch environment. What is The Intelligent Rezipper? The Intelligent Rezipper allows you to perform many different tasks with or without re-compressing the files. The utility allows you to scan for viruses, insert comments, delete files within a zip file, change the zip file date to the highest in the file, skip recompression on files with authenticity checking, and rezip a zip file within a zip file. To perform these tasks more quickly, the rezipper allows you to configure a ram disk to use as its work drive. While developing this tool, I decided not to re-create the wheel in many of its sections. For instance, you could use your favorite text editor to edit the file containing the list of files to delete, and use your favorite file viewer to display the various logs the rezipper generates. I felt by allowing the user (and myself) to use their own file viewer and editor they can take advantage of the respective capabilities. Who is Jonathan Richards? As a hobby I entered the PC world about two years ago using a 386SX. For the past eight years I've been developing software for the IBM system 34, 36 and AS/400 in RPG II and III. Now using a 33mghz 64 cache I have expanded my horizons by self teaching myself C language using the RIME mail network and Compuserve as my teachers. With the current recession, my employer of five years was forced to change my employment status recently. Hopefully, with my current savings and monies generating from this utility, it will help me pay for my tuition and living expenses so I can complete my Bachelor of Science Degree full time. Limited Warranty Colony Computers Services warrants the same to be free of defects in materials and workmanship for a period of 30 days from the date of purchase. In no event shall Colony Computer Services be liable for any loss of profit or any other commercial damage, including but not limited to special, incidental, consequential or other damages. Trademarks. Compuserve is a registered trademark of CompuServe Incorporated. Borland C++ is a registered trademark of Borland International. Registration -------------- You have a 10 day trial period. Once the trial period is over and you wish to continue using this utility, PLEASE send $15.00 to: Colony Computer Services P.O. Box 578 Lindenhurst NY 11757-0578 Technical Support and Updates ------------------------------- You may contact me by leaving a message on ICS BBS in the COLONY conference addressed to Jonathan Richards. Please do ask support from the sysop. He is not employed by myself or Colony Computer Services. ICS BBS - Join Conference COLONY for support and updates. 516-226-3895 Hayes Compatible 2400 516-226-3989 Hayes Ultra 9600 516-226-3727 US Robotics 14.4 I can also be reached through the RIME Shareware Conference. Address the message to Jonathan Richards. Configurating and Operating the Intelligent Rezipper ==================================================== Reset to the highest date? ---------------------------- You may want to change the date of the zip file to reflect the latest dated file stored in the zip file. Answer yes to change the date or no to use todays date. Re-compress zip files? ------------------------ The rezipper allows you to perform other functions without actually "re-zipping" the file. Answer yes if to fully rezip the file. Delete files? --------------- The rezipper allows you to decide whether or not to delete files at the time of processing. If you answer yes, you must type in the full path name of the file that contains the list of files to delete as specified under paths in the configuration window. Rezip authenticity files? --------------------------- The rezipper can distinguish if a zip file contains authenticity checking. You have the option not to recompress these files. If you answer no, it will perform all other functions other than recompression. If you answer yes, it would processed as any other zip file, but the authenticity checking will be lost. Scan for viruses ------------------ The rezipper has the capability to scan a zip file for viruses. If you answer yes to scan for viruses, you must specify the full path name of the virus detection program in the path section of the configuration window. Please note: The rezipper has been designed to use McAfee Associates Virus Scanner SCAN.EXE. I can not guarantee any other virus scanner will work. Insert Comments? ------------------ While processing a zip file, the rezipper can insert a zip comment. If you answer yes to insert the comments, you must specify the full path name of the file the contains the comment in the path section of the configuration window. Run Debugger? --------------- For some unknown reason to you, you may have a problem with the a particular zip file or the rezipper. To help determine what the problem is, you may turn on the debugger by answering yes. When the debugger is on, it will output two additional logs to assist you or I in determining the problem. The logs will contain what you would normally see when running pkzip and other additional information for my reference. If you feel the problem is a actual bug with the rezipper, please upload these logs to me at ICS BBS, and if possible, the zip file it was processing when the error occurred. Please note: When this option is turned on, the View Dos option will not work. View Dos? ----------- During processing, you have the option to observe pkzip, pkunzip and scan.exe process each zip file. Answer yes to observe each processing stage. Work Drive Letter? (RAM/VDISK drive) -------------------------------------- During processing the rezipper uses a specified drive as its work drive. Even though the use of a ram drive is optional, a work drive must be specified. I recommend using a drive with at least of 2 megs of free space available. Please note: You will see a significant improvement in speed by using a RAM drive. Alternate Drive Letter? ------------------------- If by chance the rezipper finds that the first work drive does not have enough space to process the zip file, it will use this alternate drive. The alternate drive is optional and can be left blank. Append Logs? -------------- Unless you specify yes for append logs, the rezipper will always erase the original log files before processing begins. Specifying yes for append logs would be helpful when running the rezipper multiple times from a batch file. Please note: Answering yes with the debugger on will continue the growth of the debug logs, and eventually you will run out of space. PATHS ============== Directory to process ---------------------- Specify the directory name where the zip files are for processing. Path to Pkzip --------------- Specify the full path name of the directory where pkzip and pkunzip can be found. Virus Detection Program ------------------------- Specify the full path name of the McAfee Associates virus scanner (SCAN.EXE). Comment file name ------------------- Specify the full path name of the file that contains the zip file comment. Files to delete ----------------- Specify the full path name of the ascii text file that contains the list of file names to delete from the zip files. Name & path of file viewer ---------------------------- You have the option to view any of the rezipper logs from within the rezipper. If you wish to do so, specify a file viewing utility that will accept a file name as the first parameter. Name & path of editor ----------------------- You have the option to create and edit the text file that contains a list of file names from within the rezipper. If you wish to do so, specify a editor that will accept a file name as the first parameter. Menu options ============== Maintenance ------------- Configure - Allows you to change any of the configuration options. Files to delete - Create/Edit the ascii file specified in the path section of the configuration window. Enter the file names you wish to delete. Each file name must be on a line by itself. The wildcards "*" and "?" may be used. Save the file before exiting your editor. Processing ------------ Rezip - A menu will appear and ask you for the directory that contains the zip files to process. Press enter or press the down arrow key while in the path field and the processing will begin. View Logs ----------- Processed - This log will contain a list of zip files that were successfully processed. Log file name: JrRezip.log Errors - This log will contain a list of zip files that had errors during processing. Log file name: JrRezip.err Master Debug - This log will contain information sent by the rezipper, and error output sent by pkzip and the virus scanner. Log file name: JrRezip.dbg Dos Window - This logs will contain everything you would normally see when pkzip and scan are run normally. Log file name: JrRezip.db1 Quit ----- Select this option when you want to exit the rezipper. The Rezipper Command Line options =================================== Usage: Rezip [CONFIGFILE] [/RUN] [DIRECTORY] CONFIGFILE - The name of the configuration file you want to create/edit or use. /RUN - Use this option to run the rezipper from a .bat file or the dos prompt. You must specify the configuration file when using this option. DIRECTORY - Type the name of a directory to process if you want to override the directory specified in the configuration file. Comments: =========== The above feature allows you to create multiple configuration files and to immediately start processing. 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