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HERMES' ARCHA (Version 1.0)
Copyright (c) 1988 A. G. Kartsatos
(CIS = 76617,121, GEnie = XTH58515, PLink = HERMES)
*** Shareware Program ***
This program is a utility that provides considerable help to the
user in various archival functions. It will handle the 9 functions:
ARC, UNARC, LISTARC,
PAK, UNPAK, LISTPAK,
ZOO, UNZOO, LISTZOO,
provided that the user has the appropriate archiving utilities in his/her
current c directory.
YOU MUST HAVE THE FOLLOWING FILES IN YOUR CURRENT c DIRECTORY:
PAK, ZOO, ARC, ARCL, URC, BOOZ
The files ARCL, URC AND BOOZ are included herein for your convenience.
Naturally, these files can be run on their own. ARCL lists the
files of an ARC file, URC extracts the files of an ARC file and BOOZ
does both these functions for a ZOO file.
RUN IT ONLY from the CLI: Press "ARCHA" or "Run ARCHA".
To exit, click into the "X" gadget or press the TAB KEY.
ARCHA has several other gadgets that the user might want to use in
connection with archiving functions, or even indepedently.
When you first run ARCHA, you get a listing of all your drives and your
floppies along with their AVAILABLE STORAGE in bytes. At this point, the
only gadgets that can be activated are the PARENT gadget (which does not
change the situation), the source ("S") gadget, and the exit ("X") gadget.
If you put any drive name in the source gadget and then you press
RETURN, the program will try to attach to that drive.
Also, if you CLICK INTO ANY VOLUME NAME of the listing, you get attached
to that volume, provided that that volume exists (disk has not been removed,
etc.).
Another important feature is that after you have attached to a volume,
you can execute ANY VALID COMMAND as follows: enter the command into the
command gadget ("C") and press RETURN.
It is faster to use your archiving functions in RAM:, VD0: or VDK:.
BUILT IN GADGETS:
ALL: Highlights all files, except directories.
CLEAR: Removes the highlighting from all files and directories.
DELDIR: Deletes the selected directory. You must delete all the
files inside a directory before you use this function.
This function works only on directories.
COPY: Copies all the files that you have selected into the
Destination Directory that you have entered in gadget D.
PARENT: Moves up one step in the directory tree. It will stop
moving when it hits a root directory.
MAKEDIR: Creates a new directory with the name that you have
entered in the C gadget.
DELETE: Deletes the selected file. It will not work on directories.
GETDIR: Attaches to the selected directory and displays its files.
RENAME: Renames a selected file or directory. The new name
should be entered in the C gadget on the left.
LISTARC: Lists the files in an ARC file you have selected.
UNARC: Unarcs the files of an ARC file you have selected. Then
it re-displays the contents of the current directory with
the files extracted.
ARC: Arcs the files you have selected into an archived file
that has the name you have entered in the C gadget. You
don't have to include the ending .ARC in the C gadget.
LISTPAK: Lists the files in a PAK file you have selected.
UNPAK: Unpaks the files of a PAK file you have selected. Notice
that UNPAK does not display the files while it is extracting.
Also, it does not refresh the listing when it is done. To see
the result of UNPAKing, just wait a bit and then click into
the S gadget (containing the current directory) and press
<RETURN>.
PAK: Paks the files you have selected into an archived file
that has the name you have entered in the C gadget. You
don't have to include the ending .PAK in the C gadget.
LISTZOO: Lists the files in a ZOO file you have selected.
UNZOO: Unzooes the files of a ZOO file you have selected. Then
it re-displays the contents of the current directory with
the files extracted.
ZOO: Zooes the files you have selected into an archived file
that has the name you have entered in the C gadget. You
don't have to include the ending .ZOO in the C gadget.
E: Executes any command that you insert in the C gadget.
V: Lists all the available volumes along with their available
storage in bytes.
X: Click into it to EXIT the program. Pressing the TAB KEY has
the same effect.
C: This is the C gadget. Here is where you put the output file
name for MAKEDIR, RENAME, ARC, PAK and ZOO. This is also the
gadget that will accept any commands. Enter a command in
this gadget and then press <RETURN> in order to execute the
command. Valid commands only, of course.
S: This is the S gadget. Here you see the name of the directo-
ry you are currently attached to. Also, if you enter a path
name in this gadget and then you press <RETURN>, you get
to be attached to that path, provided it is a valid one.
The reason the files ARC and ZOO must be included in your current c
directory (even though you might only want to unarc, unzoo, listarc and
listzoo files) is that ARCL and BOOZ "ask questions" (when run from another
utility) when there are duplicate names in the current directory already.
This program does the following: Assume that you want to UNARC a file
with the name HERMES.ARC. When you click the UNARC gadget, the program opens
a file (Ram:Souli) in RAM: and LISTARCS(!) HERMES.ARC into it. It then tries
to see if any of the files listed in Ram:Souli exist in the current directory.
If this is true, the program runs the ARC program instead of the much smaller
URC program. The same process takes place when you want to UNZOO a program.
THIS PROGRAM IS NOT A FULL-FEATURED DIRECTORY UTILITY. FOR SUCH A
PROGRAM, DOWNLOAD DUHERM26.ARC (DU-HERMES V. 2.6).
*** <<<-->>> ***
This is a SHAREWARE copyrighted program. If you find it useful,
please send $15.00 to:
A. G. Kartsatos (= HERMES = SOULI)
8524 Caladesi Island Drive
Tampa, FL 33637
(Telephone: 813-988-2146)
With this contribution you will receive more programs written by the
author.
FOR SUPPORT, call HERMES BBS in Tampa, FL. A bulletin board with 1400
files online and a healthy message base. The board is private, but you
can leave a message to the SYSOP concerning the HERMES programs and/or you
can download ALL HERMES PROGRAMS without registering.
HERMES BBS Telephone: 813-985-7624.
Other programs by the author:
PALETTA.ARC (Color Mixing, Modifying IFF's, Random Colors)
DUHERM26.ARC (Great Directory Utility. Macros, Parameters, Etc)
CALCULA.ARC (An Expression Parser And A Function Evaluator. Unique!)
SIMPLICA.ARC (The Simplex Method Of Linear Programming)
ROST.ARC (Reports On Storage And Tasks On Their Windows. Useful!)
LISTA11.ARC (Very Useful Directory Lister. Alpha, Bytes, Patterns,
CLI, Refresh. Opens Its Own Window).
SCRIPTA.ARC (Online!-PCP Script Maker. Easy Script Files!)
FORMULA!.ARC (Formidable 3D-Grapher In C. It graphs z = f(x,y). Choice
Of Colors. 17 Functions Supported. An Artist's Tool)
Feel free to distribute this program, with this doc intact, to any
bulletin boards and other non-profit establishments in the US and abroad.
These include Compuserve, Delphi, GEnie, PLink, etc.
The inclusion of this program, or any part of it, in any form in a
commercial package, or its use for any commercial purposes, requires the
written permission of the author.