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4ZIP/4UNZIP USER'S GUIDE
DECEMBER 1991
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| ____|__ | Association of
| | |_| Shareware
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|___|___| MEMBER
Iram J. Weinstein
XD SYSTEMS
1014 SHIPMAN LANE
MCLEAN, VA 22101
CONTENTS
Limited Warranty 1
Background 2
4ZIP Usage 2
4UNZIP Usage 5
Extended Descriptions 5
Regarding Registration 6
4ZIP/4UNZIP Version History 7
4EDIT 8
Software Registration Form and Order 9
LIMITED WARRANTY
XD Systems warrants the physical diskette enclosed herein to
be free of defects in materials and workmanship for a period of 60
days from the date of purchase. In the event of notification within
the warranty period of defects in material or workmanship, XD
Systems will replace the defective diskette.
XD Systems specifically disclaims all other warranties,
express or implied, including but not limited to implied warranties
of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. In no event
shall XD Systems be liable for any loss of profit or any other
commercial damage, including but not limited to special, incidental,
consequential or other damages arising out of the use, the result of
use, or inability to use this product.
This program is produced by a member of the Association of
Shareware Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that the
shareware principle works for you. If you are unable to resolve a
shareware-related problem with an ASP member by contacting the member
directly, ASP may be able to help. The ASP Ombudsman can help you
resolve a dispute or problem with an ASP member, but does not provide
technical support for members' products. Please write to the ASP
Ombudsman at 545 Grover Road, Muskegon, MI 49442-9427 or send a
Compuserve message via easyplex to ASP Ombudsman, 70007,3536. The
ombudsman may also be contacted by FAX by sending to the ASP FAX
number: (616) 788-2765. In communication with the Ombudsman, please
include a telephone number and/or FAX if possible.
4DOS is a trademark of J.P. Software. PKZip and PKUnzip are
trademarks of PKWare. 4ZIP, 4UNZIP and all the files and documentation
distributed with them are copyright 1990,1991 by Iram J. Weinstein. All
rights reserved.
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4ZIP/4UNZIP User's Guide
Copyright (C) 1990, 1991
I. J. Weinstein
A.BACKGROUND
4DOS provides a way of attaching descriptions to files
on your disk that is apparently seamless. The descriptions
appear on directory displays and automatically are copied
when you COPY or MOVE a file to another disk or directory.
But this seamless property fails as soon as you use other
programs on your files. For example, if you archive the files
with the PKware programs PKZIP or PKUNZIP, the descriptions
stay behind. 4ZIP and 4UNZIP address this problem, providing
an automatic method to store descriptions in ZIPFiles and to
restore them when you extract a file.
You should know that the DESCRIPT.ION file is a hidden file.
You will not see it in the DOS directory unless you change the
file attribute or use the 4DOS DIR /h option.
You must have copies of the PKware utilities located on the
DOS Path, or in the current directory. These shareware programs
are not supplied with 4ZIP/4UNZIP. You can obtain them from many
Shareware distributors, BBS's or from PKware directly at:
PKware Inc.
7545 North Port Washington Road
Glendale, WI 53217
XD Systems is not affiliated with PKware in any way.
B. 4ZIP USAGE
4ZIP Usage is:
4ZIP ZIPFILE [Options] [d:][path][filespec] [filespec] [..]
***OPTIONS***
/a ZIP all files matching filespecs without query
/m Move selected files from source directory to the ZIPFILE
/odeinsu Order by Date created Ext descrIption Name Size Unsorted
{-bekoqs!3$} Pass these commands on to PKZIP
A directory display similar to that of SELECT will appear
showing all of the files meeting any of the filespecs. This use of
include lists is like the 4DOS DIR and SELECT usage. Filespecs can
freely use the wildcard characters '*' and '?'. For example the
filespecs c:\wp\*smith*.*; *. xyz would display all the files in the
c:\wp directory that either have the letters smith in the name part
or have xyz as the extension. Note that only the first argument in an
include list can have a pathname; subsequent arguments default to the
2
same path. Filespecs in an include list can be separated by ';',
as in 4DOS, or, for convenience, '+' or ' '.
You can mark files to be ZIPped into ZipFile in several
ways, using the keyboard or mouse, similar to the 4DOS SELECT
command, as follows:
Mark <+> <INS>
UnMark <-> <DEL>
Toggle <SPACE> <Left Click>
Toggle All <*> <CTRL ENTER>
Begin Block <F7> <CTRL K B>
End Block <F8> <CTRL K K>
To move the selection bar around the list of files, use
the cursor, the mouse, or the following keys:
<UP> Up one line
<DOWN> Down one line
<PGUP> Up one full screen
<PGDN> Down one full screen
<HOME> To top of list
<END> To bottom of list
Additional functions are:
<F1> Display Help screens
<ENTER> ZIP marked files into ZIPFILE
<ESC> <Right Click> Quit 4ZIP without doing anything
1.Options
a. Sorting
4ZIP will allow you to control the order in which files are
displayed and zipped. The syntax is:
/o[deinsu] Order by Date created Ext descrIption Name Size Unsorted
b.International Date and Time
4ZIP/4UNZIP now is consistent with your country=xxx
command in config.sys. Commandline overrides for the time format
are provided. They are:
/24 Use 24 hour time
/12 Use 12 hour time (e.g., 10:35p)