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- ZipNote v1.0, Copyright 1989 by MJP Enterprises
-
- ZipNote is released as Freeware. If you find the program useful, a gift of
- $10 would be greatly appreciated. If you send a check please make it
- payable to "Matthew J. Palcic".
-
- ZipNote allows easier commenting of ZIP files. This can be especially
- useful for BBS sysops who want to mark their ZIP files for free
- advertising. i.e. "Downloaded from CDS On-Line (513)429-7780"
-
- The flexibility in ZipNote is in that it allows a comment to either be
- typed from the keyboard, copied from an existing text file or a comment can
- be stored in a configuration file.
-
- The syntax for ZipNote is:
-
- ZIPNOTE filespec [params...]
-
- (ALL PARAMETERS MUST BE SEPARATED BY A SPACE!)
-
- "filespec" is any valid ZIP name or wildcard pattern.
- i.e. "E:\UPLOADS\*.*" (only .ZIP files are processed)
-
- "[params...]" must be separated by spaces and follow a "/X:data"
- format where "X" is the actual parameter and "data" is the argument.
-
- /Z: is the path to PKZIP
- /C: is the comment file to use
- /S: is the setup file for ZipNote
- (default is ZIPNOTE.SET)
-
- Examples:
- ZipNote *.ZIP /Z:C:\UTILS\ZIP\PKZ.EXE
- ZipNote ZMIZE130.ZIP /C:ZMIZE.ANS /S:ZMIZE.SET
-
- The default setup file for ZipNote is ZIPNOTE.SET and is
- searched for in both the current directory and the directory
- ZipNote resides in. If it is not found in either place then
- an error results.
-
- If no comment exists in the setup file or a comment file is
- not specified then the user is prompted for a comment to add.
-
- If the /Z: parameter is not used PKZIP.EXE will be searched
- for in the default PATH.
-
- Valid options for setup files:
-
- /Z: is the path to PKZIP
- /C: is the comment file to use
- /N: is an actual comment to use
-
- Examples:
- /Z:C:\UTILS\ZIP\PKZ.EXE
- /C:ZMIZE.ANS
- /N:Downloaded from CDS On-Line, (513)429-7780
-
- Options on the command line or in the configuration file are processed first
- to last, so a /N: parameter will wipe out a /C: parameter found before it.
-
- i.e. /N:Ziptimize v1.2
- /N:Ziptimize v1.3
- results in the comment being "Ziptimize v1.3"
-
- The primary reason for the setup file is (obviously) not because there
- are so many parameters, but this allows several different ZipNote
- configurations for different databases in a BBS, different categories of
- ZIPs, etc.
-
- Using ZipNote, you can create your own comment file with your favorite
- editor. ZipNote makes no effort to check the length of your comment or
- the formatting of your comment. You will have to experiment to find out
- what works best. Color comments can be achieved by using an ANSI editor
- (such as THEDRAW) and saving a block of the screen as a comment. This was
- done with ZipNote to create the color comment you should have seen when
- unZipping this program. I don't know what the limit is on the comment
- length, but it is longer than the 32 characters noted in the PKZIP manual.
-
- If you have any questions, comments, suggestions or bug reports please
- contact:
- Matthew J. Palcic
- 1030 Dayton-Yellow Springs Rd.
- Xenia, Ohio 45385-9508
- (513)767-1625
-
- A sample .SET file and a couple of comment files have been included to
- give you something to build on. If you come up with anything new using
- this technique I'd love to see it.
-
- To try the DEMO.SET type:
- ZIPNOTE *.* /S:DEMO.SET
-
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