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- xpand version 1.00 - © Stuart Hickinbottom 24-Feb-1991
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- This application will expand object code which has been compacted using the
- Acorn utility 'squeeze', which is part of both the Software Developers Toolbox
- and ANSI C. It is actually possible to manually 'unsqueeze' the code, but this
- is messy - and after all this utility is only about 900 bytes of ARM code.
-
- Unlike other 'unsqueezers' I have seen, this version SHOULD expand code
- compacted with any version of 'squeeze', although I have not tested this
- too extensively (if you find one it won't uncompact, then please let me know).
-
- Use 'xpand' just like 'squeeze' - for example:
-
- xpand -h - display program version and date, and also syntax help
-
- xpand prog - expand the squeezed file 'prog', and call the expanded
- code 'prog' also - thus OVERWRITING the original
-
- xpand prog bigprog - expand the squeezed file 'prog', and call the expanded
- code 'bigprog' - original is unchanged
-
- The expander should notice if the source file is not actually squeezed, and
- will also report filing errors (can't find source file, or can't open object
- file).
-
- If an error such as 'Abort on data transfer...' or 'No writable memory at
- this address' is obtained while expanding then there is not enough memory to
- expand the file (either increase Next on the task manager or something
- similar).
-
- This program has been placed into the public domain by Stuart Hickinbottom.
- It may be freely copied and distributed for non-profit making purposes (a
- small charge to cover cost of distribution is allowed, however), so long as
- the code is not altered and this text file remains present and unaltered. If
- you have any queries/suggestions then I would be chuffed to hear from you, so
- please write to me:
-
- Stuart Hickinbottom,
- 37a High Street,
- Amblecote,
- Stourbridge,
- West Midlands.
- DY8 4DG
-
- or emailme on: S.Hickinbottom@uk.ac.lut (until July 1991)
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