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- Introducing Reader 2.2 with Compressed data files.
-
- The compression idea originally came from Ian Young who worked up a version
- for VR. I adapted and enhanced his code so texts can be compressed in about
- 5-10 minutes rather then hours on a single file.
-
- TCReader (Text Compression for Reader) is a DOS program that converts plain
- text files into a compressed format that Reader understands. It's currently
- compiled for a 386 or better. if your machine is less capable let me know and
- I will send you a revised program.
-
- To use type:
- TCReader filename
-
- And the original file well be converted to a compressed file (same name.) If
- you wish to preserve the original file use TCReader like:
- TCReader infile outfile
-
- And the compressed file will be the name you selected as the outfile. You
- can always restore the original with:
- UnTCR infile [outfile]
-
- With the out file name being optional (like TCReader) if you do not want the
- original over written.
-
- Note: TCReader uses temporary files with numbers for names (corresponding to
- the number of passes.) So make sure your current directory is clear of files
- with names like "1", "2", "3" ...
-
- Reader will automatically detect a compressed file so there is no need to
- distinguish compressed files from normal files.
-
- DOS Wild cards - You can use DOS wild cards for both TCReader and UnTCR. If
- the optional outfile is used with wild cards just the outfile extension is
- used for the output file. Examples:
- TCReader *.txt
- or
- TCReader *.txt *.tcr
-
- Note: Do to the way I'm handling wild cards the same file may come be come
- up more then once. This has no ill effects other then displaying a message
- that it has already been processed.