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- WinZip 5.0a Beta Test - Confidence Test Facility
-
- Description:
-
- This beta test version of WinZip includes a "Confidence Test" facility
- that will test WinZip's built-in zipping and unzipping by compressing,
- expanding, and comparing all files in a directory tree. The Confidence
- Test does _not_ re-write or modify existing files on your hard disk. It
- performs the following steps:
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- 1) Create a temporary directory (e.g. c:\temp\wz1234)
- 2) Test each file in the specified directory tree as follows:
- a) add the file to a temporary ZIP in the temp directory
- b) extract the file from the ZIP to the temp directory
- c) compare the extracted file to the original
- d) delete the files in the temp directory
- 3) Delete the temp directory
-
- Status information is written to the file C:\WINZIP.LOG.
-
- The Confidence Test facility won't be included in the final WinZip 5.0a.
-
- How to Use:
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- From the Program Manager select Run from the File menu.
- Then enter the following:
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- C:\WINZIP\WINZIP /TEST D:\
-
- Substitute the appropriate directory for C:\WINZIP, and specify the
- drive and directory containing you want to test instead of D:\ (unless
- you want to test all files on your D: drive). Then press the OK
- button. The remainder of the process is automatic. If an error is
- encountered a dialog box will be displayed.
-
- Important: if you find a file that does not pass the "Confidence Test"
- please ZIP it (with PKZIP) and send it to the address in the About
- dialog box. If it is too large to send by email let me know and I'll be
- glad to send you a disk and a self addressed stamped envelope.
-
- If you don't encounter any problems there is no need to send the .LOG
- file, but I'd still appreciate hearing from you, since that will help me
- decide when WinZip 5.0a is ready for release.
-
- Thanks!
-