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- ZIPART v1.1
- Copyright (c) 1990
- Thomas Gettys
-
-
- What ZIPART does
- ------------------
- ZIPART breaks a file compressed with PKZIP into a specified
- number of ZIP files of approximately equal size (as determined by
- the compressed file sizes).
-
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- Invocation of ZIPART
- --------------------
- ZIPART [drive][path]FILENAME[.EXT] [PARTS]
-
- FILENAME is the name of the source ZIP file. PARTS is the
- desired number of parts to split FILENAME into.
-
- The default extension of FILENAME is ZIP, and the default
- value of PARTS is 2. FILENAME must be no longer than 7 characters,
- and PARTS must be in the range 1 - 26.
-
- The ZIP files created by ZIPART have the same name as the
- source file, followed by sequential letters, beginning with A. The
- parts are placed in the current directory (not the directory in
- which FILENAME resides). FILENAME is not deleted by ZIPART.
-
- The ZIP files created by ZIPART will each have the same
- banner as FILENAME, and any file comments will be retained.
-
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- Usage Notes
- -----------
- PKZIP must be accessible by DOS (i.e. on the current PATH)
- when ZIPART is invoked.
-
- There must be at least 3x(sizeof FILENAME) free disk space on
- the drive that the parts will be created (PKZIP requires 2x, and
- the parts created will total to the size of the original source
- file).
-
- If an error condition is detected a descriptive message is
- generated and ZIPART terminates with a none-zero errorlevel.
-
-
- History
- -------
- v1.1 - added progress messages as ZIPART does its thing
- verifies PKZIP can be located on the DOS path
- reduced size of ZIPART.EXE by more than half (!)
-
- v1.0 - original release
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- Registration
- ------------
- ZIPART has been released as shareware. This means that the
- version you have is fully functional. It also means that if you
- decide to use ZIPART you are obligated to pay a licensing fee. It
- is hoped that the modesty of this fee will allow persons to not
- think twice about it - if you use ZIPART at all, it is certainly
- worth $5!
-
- Please send $5 to: Tom Gettys
- 700 Snowberry Ct.
- Lafayette, CO 80026
-
- You are welcome and invited to contact me regarding change
- requests, comments, bug reports, etc. at the above address, or to
- leave me a message on the MicroManiac! BBS at (303) 673-9470.
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