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WHATSNEW.DOC April 1997
This lists the user visible changes to ARJ since ARJ 2.30.
ARJ 2.55c BETA TEST
Added support for handling up to 65,000 files at one time.
Added Windows 95 long filename support to REARJ.EXE.
Added support for extracting a range of chapters.
Added check for archive type for 'Y' command conversions.
Added "dc" command to delete last chapter as an abbreviation for
"d -jb".
Added "-j#1" option to add only filenames and attributes.
Added "-u3", "-f3" CRC check options to add/update/extract commands.
Added "-hb" options to select by file attribute or file type.
Added "-i" options to show the TOTAL progress of an archive build.
Added "-hk" option to the "t" command to build ARJ-PROTECT file.
Added "-hq" switches to ignore "Can't open file" errors during adds
because of file in use or no permission or not found problems.
Added "-ht" option to specify target directory.
Added '/' to set of legal path separator symbols for DOS.
Added DOS errorlevel of 11 for user control break action.
Added ARJSFXV "-@" option to support ARJ$DISP.EXE.
Added special index file support "-ji" to "-hf1" option.
Added error check for a blank archive name.
Added RAR, UC2, J, ZOO to "-js" support.
Speeded up processing of some wildcards.
Updated LICENSE.DOC to clarify ARJ usage on WEB and FTP sites.
Revised SFX storage so that ARJ.EXE runs in less memory.
Changed "ARJ y -jb*" to "ARJ y -jb0" to convert a chapter archive to
a standard archive.
Changed "-hf1" to always use generated names when extracting a Win95
created archive except dual-name archives.
Changed filename displays during "-hf1" extraction to add original
names.
Changed ARJ$DISP.EXE support to use the slower system() function for
Windows 95 compatibility.
Changed error message when using wrong password with ARJSFX module.
Changed "Y" command to accept no wildcards or filespecs.
Improved near memory space management to avoid "Out of near memory"
errors.
Fixed calculation of protection file sizes for multiple volumes.
Fixed update of dual-name archives in non-Win95 system.
Fixed file counting during archive updates.
Fixed date/time on chapter labels.
Fixed volume restart "-jn" handling with self-extractors.
Fixed target directory parsing with the "ac" command.
Fixed long filename support to not display "-hf" error message for
ARJ commands: "s", "t", "w".
Fixed ARJ self-extract modules to obey ARJ SFX identification rules.
Fixed hang under DOS 2.11.
Fixed loss of near memory when processing a series of SECURED archives.
Fixed "-j#" option to work properly with "-js" and "-t1" options.
Fixed "k" command to work only with chapter archives.
Fixed "-jt2" option to work correctly with "ac" command.
Fixed delay problem with bad passwords in ARJSFXV module.
Fixed "s"ample command to remove unwanted whitespace.
Fixed endless looping multiple volume problem with no matching files.
Changed REARJ.CFG to support long filenames for ARJ.EXE.
ARJ 2.55b ALPHA TEST
Added special handler to catch errors during archive bit resetting,
so that Win95 sharing violations are displayed but automatically
bypassed.
Added more error messages to critical error handler.
Fixed "M" parsing in "-v10M" option.
Fixed OS test for support of Win95 long filenames (affected OS/2).
Fixed "-f2" and "-u2" processing of split files in volumes by
ignoring the size test for split files.
ARJ 2.55 ALPHA TEST
Added "ac" command as an abbreviation for "u -u2 -jb" for chapter
support.
Added support for handling long filenames under Windows 95.
Added "-hf", "-hf1", and "-hf2" options to provide long filename
options.
Added data damage protection option with new command "q" and "-hk"
options.
Added support for ARJ-SECURE for multiple volume archives and
self-extractors.
Added support for displaying ANSI comments without ANSI.SYS installed
to ARJ, DEARJ, and ARJSFXV.
Changed "-ja" option to work with "ARJ P" command to display file
contents with ANSI display handler.
Added improved encryption feature as a separate module for ARJ.EXE,
ARJSFXV, and DEARJ.EXE.
Added "-hg" option to specify filename of encryption module in ARJ.
Changed "-g" option to force compression even when there is a size
increase unless the -m0 option is used. This improves encryption
security.
Added "-o" option to specify filename of encryption module in ARJSFXV.
Added "-s3" option to save both the file time-stamp and the internal
archive modified time-stamp.
Changed "-jo" processing to work with "-f" and "-u" type options.
Added capability to exclude leading characters of an extraction
pathname with "-e" option.
Added support for updating multiple volumes.
Added backup chapter capability for better file version management.
Added "-j#" option to build "HOLLOW" archives without compressed file
data for special applications like file integrity checking.
Added "-@" option to provide one token per response file line
interpretation to support long filename handling.
Changed internal file list handler to provide XMS or DISK access.
Added "-f2" option to freshen files that have changed.
Added "-u1", "-f1", "-f2", and "-u2" options to add/update commands.
Speeded up the archiving of a large list of small files.
Fixed memory error message in wildcarding.
Changed ARJ build from small memory model to medium memory model.
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