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- Zipsize 1.2 (tm) ZIP File Size Manager
- Copyright (C) 1990 by Kerry B. Rogers. All rights reserved.
- If you use this program and find worth, please consider donating $10 to:
-
- Kerry B. Rogers
- c/o Joan M. Ray
- 5960 Maxham Rd.
- Austell, Ga. 30001
-
- Purpose: ZIPSIZE will take any ZIP file and break it into smaller ZIPs
- no larger than the maximum size you specify. It is extremely
- accurate and saves on time required to split-up and move large
- ZIPs to floppy. The speed of ZIPSIZE is utterly uncanny! The main
- reason for this is that most of the work has been done before
- ZIPSIZE even starts working. By this I mean, you must already
- have a ZIP (ZipFileName) created for ZIPSIZE to work with and
- because of this, the time-consuming compression of each file in
- the ZIP has already been accomplished. ZIPSIZE simply reads the
- original ZIP (ZipFileName), gathers the information it needs to
- determine how many smaller ZIPs it needs and what goes where,
- COPIES the ZIP (ZipFileName), uses PKZIP to delete whatever files
- it needs to meet each of the new ZIPs criteria, and voila! FAST!
- (as Phil Katz puts it...).
-
- Syntax: ZIPSIZE <ZipFileName> <MaxSizeWanted> [KEEP]
- "ZipFileName" is the ZIP file to extract from. Mandatory.
- MaxSizeWanted is the maximum size you want the ZIPs to be. Mandatory.
- KEEP indicates "DO NOT" delete "ZipFileName". The default is "DO".
-
- Examples: zipsize numbers.zip 12000 keep
- zipsize larry3.zip 360000
- zipsize ryan 1200 KEEP
- ZIPSIZE STEALTH.ZIP 34812 keep
- zipsize C:\UTIL\ALLSTUFF.ZIP keep
- ZIPSIZE d:\arkives\bbs\original\grady 361000
-
- Optional: You don't have to add ".ZIP" to the "ZipFileName".
- Pathnames are allowed.
- MaxSizeWanted MUST be in the range of 489 to 16,777,215 (but you
- will still need to chop that down to leave room for the control
- data area...heh).
-
- Required: "ZipFileName" will ALWAYS be broken into smaller ZIPs using the
- SAME NAME with an alphabetical letter attached to the end;
- therefore, ensure the "ZipFileName" (path excluded) DOES NOT
- exceed 7 letters. (e.g. SOLO.ZIP creates SOLOA.ZIP, SOLOB.ZIP,
- SOLOC.ZIP, etc. and DOWNLING.ZIP would come out DOWNLINGA.ZIP
- which, if you noticed, is a nine letter filename. Only eight
- letter filenames are allowed by DOS so plan accordingly. You
- may have to change the name of your "ZipFileName" to ensure it
- is only seven letters (max) long. Again, this doesn't apply to
- the path that you may have preceding the "ZipFileName".
-
- Tips: Use a ramdrive whenever possible. (Heed 3rd warning below!)
- Setup PKZIP.CFG in accordance with the documentation that came with
- PKZIP/PKUNZIP. It eases things tremendously.
- Use ZIPSIZE to chop and pack a large ZIP into 360K segments for moving
- to floppy.
- Rename ZSIZE12.EXE to ZS.EXE for ease of typing at DOS prompt.
-
- Warnings: Not using "KEEP" will end up DELETING your original "ZipFileName".
- Once ZIPSIZE starts, it won't stop until done (except for reboot).
- "ZipFileName" (as mentioned before) MUST BE 7 letters MAX!
- There MUST be at least twice the free disk space that ZipFileName
- takes up (not including the actual space taken up by ZipFileName)
- (e.g. if ZipFileName=1000 bytes you need 3000 bytes of free space).
-
- Disclaimer: I give no warrantee with this program. Use it at your own risk.
- It works for me!
-
- Upgrades and enhancements: Depends on donations and suggestions supplied
- to the above address. None planned as of yet.
-