Best Sellers 7: Football Classics 2/CD1.iso/utils/arj/whatsnew.doc

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     WHATSNEW.DOC                                            December 1995


     This lists the user visible changes to ARJ since ARJ 2.30.


     ARJ 2.50a

     Fixed delay problem with bad passwords.
     Tweaked compression algorithm slightly.
     Updated ERRORS.DOC, LICENSE.DOC, AGENTS.DOC and ARJ_BBS.DOC.


     ARJ 2.50

     Fixed licensing message in ARJSFXV module.
     Added Internet mailing list and WEB site information to ARJ.DOC.
     Added SYSOP special order form.
     Added "-hv" option to check ARJ version number.
     Added volume label option "-$" to the ARJSFXV module.
     Added "-h#2" option to add "DHHMMSS" to archive name.
     Fixed a few occurrences of corrupted text in ARJ.DOC.
     Fixed memory usage with response file support.
     Fixed a problem with "-jn" restart problem with foreign language
         versions of ARJ.


     ARJ 2.42c BETA_4 TEST release

     Added limited working ARJSFX multiple volume feature.
     Added temporary directory option to "-hm" switch to allow the use of
         a RAMDISK directory for faster operation.
     Moved test for existing ARJSFX file to the start of making an ARJSFX.
     Changed "no change" update message to work only with the -jv option.
     Added documentation for ARJSFX embedded command line feature.
     Removed registration program from this release.
     Removed ARJDEMO from this release.
     Fixed hang in critical error handler routine.
     Fixed blank directory bug with "-b" option of self-extractors.
     Fixed hang of ARJ242B -d -y -*.
     Fixed ARJDISP.BAT to use ARJ242C.EXE.


     ARJ 2.42b BETA_3 TEST release

     Added errorlevel information to ARJ /? display.
     Fixed memory allocation problem for temporary filename when updating
         archives.  This bug would cause system hangs and/or display
         garbage on the screen during updates.
     Limited memory allocation for file lists to 16,000 filenames.
     Fixed full pathname matching problem during archive updates.
     Fixed ARJSFX directory creation problem.
     Updated various ARJ documents.


     ARJ 2.42a BETA_2 TEST release

     Added "-b" option to ARJSFX module to prompt the user for an install
         directory name.
     Added "-b4" to allow extraction of files without setting any file
         attribute bits.  Added "-b5" to restore without setting any file
         attribute bits except the archive bit.
     Added ARJ response file option "@" allowing an ARJ command line to
         be placed in a text file.
     Added support for multiple volume self-extraction with a special
         module that provides a limited set of extraction options.
     Added "-f1" and "-u1" options to extract OLDER files rather than newer
         files.
     Added "-u2" option to extract files not existing in the target (new)
         and files that are DIFFERENT than those in the target.  This is
         useful when trying to restore a directory to its original state.
     Added "-hm" option to set ARJ to allow archiving up to 32,000 files
         at one time by using a temporary file instead of memory for the
         list of filenames.
     Added "-hr" option to allow wildcarding to proceed without aborting
         the processing of multiple ARJ archives containing errors.
     Provided some customization features to the self-extraction modules
         to embed command line options for registered users.
     Added "-o" option to ARJSFX module to force overwrites, added "-w"
         option to skip the extract prompt, added "-m" option to force
         directory creation.
     Added "-h#" and "-h#1" option to append the current date or time
         string to the archive filename.
     Added new display feature to allow graphical displays while using
         ARJ, DEARJ, and ARJSFX.
     Added recognition of "." representing no file extension for "-js"
         option as in "-js." and "-js..arc".
     Added "-ho" and "-ho1" options to allow an extraction based upon
         finding or not finding a specified text string.
     Added "i" modifier to "-v" switch to inhibit diskette change test
         for those who put more than one multiple volume per diskette.
     Added "-hn" option to specify the filespec that matches NO files
         instead of using the "..." filespec.  This is an issue with
         NOVELL file servers.
     Added "Updating <filename>  no change" message when updating an
         archive with files that are not newer.
     Improved near memory space management to avoid "Out of near memory"
         errors.
     Changed the "-w" processing to always delete the archive and keep
         the temporary archive during an aborted temporary file copying
         phase.
     Added capability of combining ARJ-SECURE authentication creation
         with ARJ commands like "a", "f", "m", and "u".  This does NOT
         require the use of new envelope.key files.
     Fixed problem with very long ARJ user registration names affecting
         program execution (-v1440).
     Changed filename matching to match along the full absolute pathname
         during file selection for extraction type processing.
     Changed ARJSFX to allow absolute pathname matching when ARJSFX
         contains absolute pathnames (drive and root).


     ARJ 2.41a

     Fixed multiple displays of filenames when using "-hw" options.
     Fixed software compatibility problem with PC-NFS 4.0.
     Fixed y/n handling of critical error handler.


     ARJ 2.41

     Improved handling of "..." filename.
     Added reset of method when using -t1 on a binary file.
     Fixed processing of "-&" option.
     Removed miscellaneous code in REGISTER.EXE.

     Slightly improved compression size reduction.
     Speeded up ARJ "l" command on systems with no disk cache.
     Added yes/no query option to execute a DOS command.
     Added "-hl" option to set ARJ to report file errors in listfiles
    and to return a non-zero DOS errorlevel.
     Modified to not update ARJ-SECURED version 1 or 2 archives.
     Decreased memory requirements of storing and unstoring files.
     Fixed ARJ so that ARJ a archive *.* will work on a NOVELL server.
     Fixed file duplication when specifying only one filespec which happens
    to be a listfile.
     Fixed ARJ to return errorlevel 4 when trying to update a secured
        archive.
     Fixed "-b3" switch.
     Fixed "-t1gf" and "-t1f" to force text mode under all conditions.
     Fixed a number of document typographical and grammatical errors.
     Simplified ARJSFX extraction display.

     Added a display of file information during an "OK to overwrite" prompt.
     Added a disk reset command after writing to a removable device.
     Added a "-he" option to skip ARJ-SECURITY testing.
     Added a "-he1" option to abort when processing an ARJ-SECURED archive.
     Added a "-hx" option to specify default archive filename extensions.
     Added archive date modified display.
     Added a default critical error handler.
     Added a new, more secure ARJ security envelope scheme.
     Added command line parameter support to ARJSFXJR.    ARJSFXJR now
    supports directory specification, file overwriting, and extraction
    of only new files.
     Added "-b3" option to allow clearing of archive bits during extraction.
     Added "-jr1" option to handle a more severely damaged archive.
     Added SDN support.
     Modified volume change prompt routine to detect the failure to remove
    the diskette.
     Removed error message when duplicate filenames arguments were specified
    as in ARJ a test dum* dummy.
     Modified the DEARJ volume change prompt to accept only YES, NO, or QUIT.
     Fixed problem with ARJ not handling badly corrupted archives gracefully.
     Fixed problem with leftover ARJTEMP.$* files on disk full errors.
     Fixed problem where ARJ g -g? did not prompt twice for a password.
     Added a warning to REARJ about using a virus scanner without specifying
        a pathname.

     Added "-hu" option