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- ShapeShifter(tm) v2.0 Copyright (c)1992-93, Curtis Little
- "Software Solutions That Make Sense"(tm)
-
- This file contains important information regarding the use of
- ShapeShifter. The sections currently present are:
-
- I. PKZIP 2.x Users and ShapeShifter versions earlier than v1.8
-
- II. Auntie Sysops Beware When Updating the DIR
-
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- I. PKZIP 2.x Users and ShapeShifter versions earlier than v1.8
-
- A bug surfaced in versions of ShapeShifter (prior to v1.8) due to a
- new feature in PKZIP 2.x. Older versions of ShapeShifter kept the
- working directory around when converting archives with nested
- archives in them. This caused PKZIP to store a zero byte directory
- entry in the ZIP when path support was turned on (i.e. the default
- when using ShapeShifter).
-
- Due to this bug, files converted with nested archives (and
- ShapeShifter set to convert the nested archives) will contain a ZERO
- Byte directory entry of S_S (Again this is *ONLY* if a version prior
- to 1.8 was used to convert the file(s)).
-
- For those who this bug effected, you can remove the directory entry
- by rezipping the files using the following addition to the command
- line for the Create Command of ZIP files:
-
- -xS_S/
-
-
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-
- II. Auntie Sysops Beware When Updating the DIR
-
- Auntie Sysops who use ShapeShifter to modify the main DIR file should
- be aware that Auntie's history file is dependent on the file
- extension as well as the name. If you wish to keep the history
- (number of downloads) for the converted files you must run one of
- Wes's utilities to update the history file (after the DIR has been
- modified). Specifically, you need to run RESIZDIR to fix the history
- file.
-
- Sales Plug follows....
-
- Optionally, my Turbo SNR utility (v2.0+) can be used as a command executed
- after creating an archive that allows you to directly modify
- FILEHIST.RND. To use Turbo SNR for this task you would add the
- following command line to the field 'Command to execute after
- creating an archive with this archiver' (specific to each archiver):
-
- snr -s "{%F*}[^ ]??=\g0%E" -r -a- FILEHIST.RND
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