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- Shrink v1.2 (C) Copyright 1989 by R. P. Byrne
-
- The Shrink program included in this package is a Turbo Pascal (v5.0)
- implementation of a ZIP archive maker. The archives produced by the
- Shrink program are compatible with those created by PKWare's PKZIP
- program.
-
- At this time, only two of the six compression methods used by PKZIP have
- been implemented. Input files are compressed using the "shrinking"
- method. If shrinking does not produce a file smaller than the original,
- the input file will be "stored" into the ZIP archive with no compression
- applied.
-
- The syntax for the Shrink program is:
-
- Shrink [d:][\path\]zipname[.zip] [[d:][\path\]filespec [...]]
-
- where 'zipname' is the name of the ZIP file to be created, and
- 'filespec' epresents a DOS file specification (wildcards are allowed)
- limiting the files to be included in the archive.
-
- The only command line parameter that is required is the name of the ZIP
- file to be processed. If no filename extension is supplied, '.ZIP' is
- assumed. If no outpath is specified, the current drive/subdirectory
- will be used. If no filespec(s) are entered, '*.*' will be assumed.
-
- Examples:
-
- * Create a ZIP archive called OneFile.Zip that contains all '.pas'
- files in the subdirectory e:\work:
-
- Shrink OneFile.Zip e:\work\*.pas
-
- * Create a ZIP archive called OneFile.Zip that contains all files in
- the current subdirectory:
-
- Shrink OneFile
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- LICENSE
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-
- The SHRINK source and binaries ("software") are copyrighted. However,
- I am distributing this software for free and you are licensed to use this
- software without any charge.
-
- Redistribution of this software is encouraged. Please do share it
- with your friends, upload it to bulletin board systems, etc. However, as I
- am making this software available for free, you must do the same. You are
- not permitted by this license to request or accept any remuneration of any
- kind for this software. This prohibition extends to including my software
- with any other product or service for which money is charged.
-
- The only exceptions to this "don't charge for what I'm giving away for
- free" restriction are as follows:
-
- (1) Bulletin board systems or other electronic information services
- are permitted to make this software available for download and charge their
- customary fees, if any, for access to the service.
-
- (2) Users groups and other not-for-profit organizations that
- distribute this software may charge a reasonable fee to cover duplication
- and related costs.
-
- (3) There may be other situations not covered by this license where
- some charge for distribution would be appropriate. Contact me and we'll
- talk about it. But, this license does not authorize any such distribution
- without express, written permission from me in advance.
-
- You may distribute modified copies of my source and resulting
- executables (including programs derived from mine in other languages or for
- other operating systems) so long as you do so for free and pursuant to a
- license no more restrictive than this one. You must state that your
- software was derived from mine. But, please take credit for your
- improvements and blame for your mistakes by making it as clear as possible
- what changes you have made.
-
- Except as provided above, if you do wish to charge for my software or
- for any software derived from mine, then you must contact me for prior
- permission. In short, if you're going to ask for money, then we're going
- to share in whatever you receive. That's only fair.
-
- This software is distributed without warranties of any kind, express
- or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of
- merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose.
-
- rpb
- 03/11/89
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