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- README.DOC September 1991
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- This archive contains ARJ version 2.21. This is a full featured
- shareware release. ARJ is free for non-commercial personal use.
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- This software as originally released by the author came in an ARJ
- self-extracting archive with an ARJ-SECURITY envelope to prevent
- tampering. Re-archival of this software will lose this security
- feature.
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- UNARJ is now distributed separately in UNARJnnn.EXE.
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- MAJOR FEATURES OF ARJ INCLUDE:
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- ARJ 2.21 currently ranks as the best in overall compression in terms of
- resulting archive size.
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- Option to create multiple volume archives with one command making ARJ
- useful for making backups to multiple floppies or archiving a very large
- file to several floppies without "SLICE"ing.
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- MS-DOS code page language support for casing of filenames and text.
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- A separate conversion utility called REARJ to facilitate wholesale
- conversion of archives to the ARJ format.
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- Multiple string searching and context display within archives.
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- Archive security envelope to resist tampering.
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- A myriad of commands and options to provide outstanding flexibility in
- archiver usage.
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- THIS ARCHIVE CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING FILES:
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- ARJ221.EXE - An ARJ-SECURED self-extracting archive containing the
- following files:
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- ARJ.DOC - ARJ user manual
- ARJ.EXE - Version 2.21
- ARJ_BBS.DOC - List of ARJ support BBSes
- ARJSORT.BAT - Sort archive by various parameters
- ARJSORT.COM - Compiled ARJSORT.BAT file
- ARJSORT.DOC - ARJSORT user manual
- CREDIT.CRD - Form for handling credit card orders
- LICENSE.DOC - License policy for ARJ
- ORDERFRM.DOC - Order form for ARJ
- README.DOC - This file
- REARJ.CFG - Default REARJ configuration file
- REARJ.DOC - REARJ user manual
- REARJ.EXE - Archive conversion utility
- REGISTER.EXE - Program to register ARJ programs
- UPDATE.DOC - Update to ARJ user manual
- WHATSNEW.DOC - Changes to ARJ from 1.00 to now
- WHY_ARJ.DOC - ARJ commercial
- ARJBACK.BAT - Batch file to fully backup C: to A:
- ARJREST.BAT - Batch file to restore to C: from A:
- ARJUPDAT.BAT - Batch file to incrementally backup C:
- REARJALL.BAT - Batch file to REARJ ZIP, LZH to ARJ.
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- To install the ARJ software, simply copy ARJ.EXE, REARJ.EXE, REARJ.CFG,
- and ARJSORT.COM to one of the directories named in your DOS PATH
- statement found in your AUTOEXEC.BAT.
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- end of readme.doc
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