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- READ.ME
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- new..
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- There have been some extended enhancements to the COMMENT
- utility to add large four line comments. A simple editor is
- included in the comment program to allow you to enter four
- line 200 character comments to zips, and then fast comment
- them en masse while retaining the correct filedate and time.
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- sysops..
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- There are a lot of embedded paks and arcs in zips now.
- That's why there is a Cleaner program in this archive.
- There are many conversion utilities that do not check for
- embedded paks and arcs and do not reset the datestamp on all
- the files, no matter how deep. Some Sysop's are doing an
- unprofessional job of conversion with quick batch file hacks..
- Lets get rid of every arc under the sun.. and keep our file
- information intact...
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- all..
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- NOTE: Both ZIPPER and CLEANER rev H and rev D on, have had
- the blocks taken out of the recursive routine for checking
- embedded arcs/paks. If you are going to run into deep arcs and
- want to speed up conversion a ramdisk can crash on a big deep
- arcfile. ..might consider doing like Jim Bready of Nite
- Modulator and if you want extra speed use an industrial
- strength size cache. What this depth also means is that there
- will be no arcs or paks left inside zips.. and that's the way
- we want it.. no mo arcs..
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- During testing in the Bytebrother Labs, after
- application of multiple Black Russians we were able to
- create an arc file with 140 arcs and paks going over
- fifteen levels deep with multiple bad arcfiles and
- ZIPPER performed flawlessly.. If ZIPPER or CLEANER find
- embedded arc or pak files deep within an arc they will
- not abort but will save the files on the level of
- corruption and rezip the entire arc. If logging is
- enabled with the /l switch an entry will be made in the
- log warning you that the ZIP file has bad embedded
- arcs/paks inside.. there is a ziptest file in the arc..
- a map of a test.. you'll find seven levels of arcs
- beneath the first... if you are not using ZIPPER have
- your conversion utility swallow this one.. If it doesn't
- find and convert embedded levels of arcs you are making
- zips with embedded pak and arc files... why..?
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- IMPORTANT:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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- PAK can be dangerous in that if you want to run it outside
- the current directory you need to run a program called
- PAKINST to install it and tell it where it's CNF file is.
- Read the docs before using PAK uninstalled..
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- READ.ME Tuesday, February 28, 1989 10:53 pm Page 2
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- if you have never, never will, and never want to screw with
- PAK.EXE and never see or use PAK files do the following in
- your archiver directory pointed to by SPAT..
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- copy PKUNPAK.EXE PAK.EXE
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- copy your PK unpacker into a PAK.EXE file.. and change line
- one of your ZIPPER.CFG file from " e" to " -e". this will
- fool ZIPPER into thinking you have a valid PAK.EXE and if you
- do run into a real PAK file ZIPPER will note it as a bad
- PAK, log it and move on.. Note that this is not a good
- idea.. there ARE files floating around with embedded paks
- inside of arcs and even embedded paks inside of ZIP's.. Just
- because you don't see a PAK or ARC when you dir does not mean
- you will not have to deal with one..that's a promise..!
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- ZIPPER will abort AFTER the current file being processed if
- you press the escape key. It will finish the current file
- and then abort cleanly..
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- for those of you running DesqView it WILL NOT make your
- normal environment variables available.. There is a way to
- get around this ( other than not running DesqView ) and it is
- documented in the DV manual.. or after starting DesQview drop
- out to DOS and enter..
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- set spat=c:\bin
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- using the directory that your archive files are in.. and it
- will take.. This is DesQview's problem and not Zipper's..
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- The game plan for using these utilities on a BBS is as
- folows.
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- Nitely per Event run Cleaner on your uploads directory to
- check all recent ZIP's for embedded arcs and paks and also
- add your comments to the zips. Be advised that there are a
- hell of a lot of zips out there with paks and arcs inside..
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- Nitely per Event Zipper your uploads directory to convert
- any and all ARC and PAK files..
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- For previously converted zips that you want your BBS add on
- run Comment on the directories and attach the new comments,
- after placing your bbs logo in the ZIPPER.CFG file.
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- After Cleaning and Zipping all the files in your uploads
- run DIRCHECK on the upload dirlist to change the .ARC
- and .PAK file extensions in the list to the correct.ZIP.
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- If the archive utilities.. especially PKZIP should suddenly
- start giving you help screens instead of executing commands
- delete your ZIPPER.CFG file and run ZIPPER or CLEANER again
- to create a new one..
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- READ.ME Tuesday, February 28, 1989 10:53 pm Page 3
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- Since COMMENT runs from your ZIPPER.CFG file and the
- actual comment is stored in the cfg you can edit it
- and insert control characters into the comment to create
- the double and triple line comments you have seen on ZIPs
- when they unzip. The limit on characters running from a
- redirected file like COMMENT uses is large.. so experiment.
- A new comment editor and major enhancements to the utility
- are included in revision E and on.
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- A special thanks to Jim Bready of Nite Modulator BBS in Ca.
- for helping me see the forest. (408)-728-5598.
- also Mike Meyer of DataWarp BBS in Ok. (home of EZReader)
- for the great ideas.. (918)-455-5544
- and the Bytebro's sysop Bill Nolan's MINX (316)-721-3773
- for the test bed..
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- I can be reached at these boards, or on Interlink. If you
- are not currently using the Interlink net available on
- participating PCBoards across the country come on aboard.
- You'll find some of the top shareware authors and a lot of
- technical info to make you more productive with your pc. See
- you there.. You'll find me hanging around a number of
- conferences, check out Dialog where the Bytebrother's are
- currently planning a nuclear war in the mideast..
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- J.L. Pearson
- of the Bytebrothers
- member Fast Logic Outlaws
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