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- ** WHAT'S NEW in this latest version of DIET ver1.20 ****
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- [1] You can compress device drivers!
- Devise Drivers compression -D option.
- From this version on, you can compress device drivers, too.
- Device driver is a file with '.SYS' extensions usually, and
- is used with a line 'device?????.sys' in your config.sys
- DIET checks whether a file is a device driver by the
- leading FF FF block of the file. There are some device driver
- without this block. You have to use -I option together with
- -D option.
- This is a good news for the people in countries where you
- need extra display.sys and code switching tables.
-
- [2] You can COPY dieted files COMPRESSED or DECOMPRESSING!
- Copy DIETED files may cause extra time. COMMAND.COM will
- decompress the file and then copy to the directory; then TSR DIET
- will recompress the file again. You can use -C option to copy files
- as compressed as they are. If DIET finds newer file(s) with same
- name(s), then DIET will skip the files(s).
-
- When you store compressed files of Floppy disks, and use them
- on a RAMDISK, you may use this method to restore files compressed.
-
- <Example 1.> To copy all the files on the current directory c:\
- to Floppy Disk A:
- DIET -CA:\ C:\*.*
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- When you keep files compressed on floppies and use them on a RAMDISK
- in decompressed shape. You may copy file(s) with resotoring to the
- original size(s).
-
- <Example 2.> To copy compressed files on Floppy disk in drive A:,
- to a RAMDRIVE C:\ in the original size for faster execution.
-
- DIET -RA -CC:\ A:\*.*
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- [3] REMOVE or KILL temporary files when you wish!
- Kill temporary Files when you quit, with -K option.
- Resident part of DIET opens a temporary file whenever a
- compressed file is opened in read-mode. The temporary file
- is erased whenever the program closes the file. However,
- there are programs which open and close a file frequently,
- e.g. a Help Message file, creating and erasing temporarily.
- This type of file is very much time consuming for TSR DIET.
-
- The option -K should be used when you compress a file with
- DIET. This is a new option, from this version DIET ver.1.20.
- You must remember you need a fairy large amount of space for
- your temporary file. The temporary file is erased when
- the program terminates.
-
- You can check whether your file is compressed with -K option
- or not with -H option.
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- [4] New Display for -L option.
-
- DIET -L --------- list dieted and undieted files!
- In the following list, filenames headed with an asterisk *, show
- their names in reverse color.
-
- *TAIL.EXE *UUDECODE.EXE *UUENCODE.EXE *EMACS.EXE EMACS.HLP
- *BDIFF.EXE BDIFF.DOC *BUPDATE.EXE *CSH.COM LHA.EXE
- *LOG.EXE SETUPE.EXE CFREQ.EXE REV.EXE SORT.MAN
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- You will know how much of your files are compressed with DIET
- by this display. Visual and helpful.
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- 8/21/91 by Teddy Matsumoto
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