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- ARCIT
-
- ARCIT is a batch file that, when invoked properly, will convert ANY LBR
- or LQR type files into ARC type files. It also will unsqueeze any squeezed
- files in the library, or even remove programs from SUB-Libraries. Here's
- all you have to do to use this versatile batch program.
-
- First, E)xtract all the files from the ARCIT.ARC file.
- Use this command : ARC E ARCIT *.*
-
- Then creat a DOS directory (or sub-directory) called TEMP.
- Use this command : MD TEMP
-
- Now, to use the ARCIT program, enter the following commands:
-
- DIR *.L?R
- Machine responds with ALL Library files, squeezed or not.
- ARCIT %FILE1% %FILE2% %FILE3%
- Where %file% is the first name of the L?R files, in other
- words, don't type the LBR or LQR extensions.
-
- ARCIT can ARC as many programs at one time as you can put on the
- DOS command line (usually about 15-20 at once).
-
- After that, leave the machine alone for a while, and when you come back
- all the L?R files will be ARC files. (If you want to watch the machine
- it's ok, but it's REALLY BORING! And Takes a long time)
-
- Happy ARCITing!
-
- Jeff Strickler, Author, ARCIT
-
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- 2-2-1986 Modifications by Karson Morrison Caleb Computing Service
- RD 1 Box 531 Ringoes NJ.
- 08551 201-788-1846
-
- I plan on setting up a directory and leaving it permanent on my
- Hard Disk to always do the ARCing from. I have a directory string
- of C:\ARCIT. I have modified the batch file that Jeff created by
- creating the directory TEMP as the first thing of the batch program.
- I also delete it as the last thing of the batch. In trying to make
- the batch process work that Jeff created, I found a problem - He had
- created a BASIC program to execute under the conditions that within
- a squeezed library (*.LQR), if the *.LBR file had a different name,
- then the basic program executed, read the directory and created a batch
- file MAKEUN.BAT which would do a LU A XXXXX.LBR. The problem was
- that a batch program cannot execute from within a batch program
- unless you issue a second copy of the command interpreter, which was
- not done. An additional problem was the program would only work if
- the file name was 8 characters in length and if there was no numbers
- within the file name (0..9).
-
- I have written a TURBO PASCAL program to do what he tried
- to do, and have modified the batch file accordingly. A test is also
- in the ARCIT11.ARC file. Extract all the files and place the *.COM
- and *.EXE files in your root directory or within your path stream.
- Place the ARCIT.BAT within your path stream. The only thing that
- should be in the current directory is the file TEST.LQR.
-
- Run ARCIT TEST
- When it is completed you should have in your current directory
- a file called TEST.ARC.
-
- Jeff shows above how you would normally run ARCIT.
-
- I also made a change to the ARCIT.BAT file by including a program
- called KEY-FAKE. This program was written in PCMagazine December 24,
- 1985. It places keys into the keyboard stack.
-
- The doc for KEY-FAKE is place the characters you want in double quotes
- and use the ASCII number for those which won't go into quotes. (i.e. CR)
- (For CR use 13). KEY-FAKE "Y" 13 to cause a reply of Y <CR> to a question
- from dos.
-
- Happy Computing Numbers 13:30
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