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- After reading messages on BBS's about the problems caused by long comments
- containing ANSI sequences in ZIP files I thought it might be useful
- to have a utility that did nothing more than strip the file comment
- out of a ZIP file.
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- Version 1.3 (10/16/89)
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- Timestamps on ZIP files are preserved when the ZIP file is
- modified.
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- Version 1.2 (7/5/89)
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- Can create a log file so that you can see which files contained comments
- and/or members with undesired attributes. STRIPZIP checks for an
- environment variable called STRIPLOG. STRIPLOG should be the name
- (and optionally the path) of the log file. If this variable exists
- STRIPZIP will open the the log file and append messages to the
- end of the file.
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- This version is several times faster than version 1.1. The extra
- speed is particularly noticable on files which do not contain
- comments (this is the way the thing should have been coded in
- the first place <sheepish grin>).
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- Version 1.1 (4/1/89)
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- I've added an option which will reset the file attributes of the
- members of a ZIP file. ReadOnly, System, and Hidden attributes
- will be removed.
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- The syntax for STRIPZIP is the same as for my ZIPV:
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- STRIPZIP [/B] [/R] file_spec1[.ZIP] [file_spec2[.ZIP] ... ]
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- The file specs can contain wildcards.
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- The /B option will prevent the name and path of the ZIP file from
- being displayed (this is primarily for BBS use).
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- The /R option will check the attributes of the members of the
- ZIP file and reset any which have the ReadOnly, System, or
- Hidden attribute set.
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- STRIPZIP creates a temporary file on the SAME drive as the ZIP file (so
- that I can simply rename the result). This means that there must be
- approximately as much free disk space as the size of the largest ZIP
- file to be stripped.
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- If you strip a single file STRIPZIP returns an ERRORLEVEL of 0 if it
- is successful, an ERRORLEVEL of 1 if there is a problem. The problem
- could either be that the ZIP file was invalid or that there wasn't
- enough disk space to process the file. If you strip multiple files
- you will only get the result from the last file processed. (STRIPZIP
- will stop if the disk is full but if the ZIP file is invalid it will
- skip it and process the next file.)
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- The program is fully protected by copyright and all rights are
- reserved. This program is distributed as "POSTware". If you
- find the program useful please send a post card to:
-
- Ken Brown
- 5707 Jamestown Rd Apt 2
- Hyattsville, MD 20782
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- No registration is required.
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