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- WHATSNEW.DOC November 1992
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- This lists the user visible changes to ARJ since ARJ 2.30.
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- ARJ 2.39b
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- Changed critical error handling.
- Added "-hu" option to allow updates of multiple volume archives.
- Added "-ha" option to handle read-only files.
- Added new subtotal display to better support wildcarding ARJ files.
- Added errorlevel 9 to represent "Not an ARJ file" error.
- Moved removable media check to after 1st volume.
- Fixed "-jwPRN" processing to not prompt for overwrite.
- Fixed -x processing during extraction.
- Fixed ARJ.DOC with regard to the "j" command supporting "-d".
- Fixed a problem where a few files would not compress correctly.
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- ARJ 2.39a
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- Speeded up compression and extraction especially on diskettes and
- uncached disk drives.
- Added the feature of setting the correct file date-time stamp when
- using the ARJ "p" command as in ARJ p archive name | LIST /s.
- Added delete permission prompt to ARJ e -d *.* usage.
- Added a default critical error handler.
- Added "-hcDOS_COMMAND" option for executing DOS command at start of ARJ.
- Added "-he" option to abort when processing an ARJ-SECURED archive.
- Added "-hi" option to put more detail in the "-ji" index file.
- Added "-hs" option to disable file sharing code.
- Added "-hw" options to provide various display options for "ARJ w".
- Added "-ja1" option to inhibit the display of the archive comment.
- Added "-jn" option to facilitate restarting multiple volumes by using
- the information from the index file.
- Added "-od" option to select files 0 to N days old.
- Added bar and percentage display ("-i2" option).
- Added "r" modifier to "-v" switch to allow the reservation of space on
- the first volume.
- Added "-x-" support so that ARJ resets exclude list when it sees the
- "-x-".
- Added "Out of near memory" error message.
- Added feature to check for device driver filenames except for "-jw".
- Changed ARJ to always prompt for a diskette volume unless disabled
- by "-jyv" even if "y" is specified.
- Changed the -jy switch processing to toggle like other ARJ switches.
- Added a warning when work disk is too small to make volume.
- Added check for error writing to stdout.
- Added "Replacing" message when adding a file to an archive which
- already contains such a file.
- Shortened the "CRC OK" message to "OK".
- Removed auto Huffman setting as it did not do much in a real world test.
- Removed [YNAQ] messages.
- Added intermediate "OK to extract to a new filename?" prompt.
- Changed the backup feature to mark only non-backup files.
- Changed the "-v" option to accept its modifiers in any order.
- Changed the "always" response to yes/no queries to "always", "skip",
- and "global".
- Changed the "quit" response to generate an error for both ARJ and
- ARJSFX.
- Removed the "end of file" error message when using the "-jr" option
- on an undamaged ARJ archive.
- Removed the ":" from the index file "-ji" header.
- Removed "CRC OK" messages during "ARJ w" command to simplify output.
- Improved the error message when extracting with the wrong password.
- Used MS-DOS/BIOS calls to handle cgets/cputs/getch, etc.
- Improved allocation of i/o buffer space.
- Changed ARJSFX to NOT prompt for "Continue extraction" when "-e" or
- "-x" has been specified.
- Changed ARJSFXJR to distinguish between true errors and skipping of
- files that already exist.
- Added CTL Break checking to ARJSFXJR (-je1).
- Added error checking of invalid switch options like -jm3.
- Added documentation briefly explaining ARJ error messages.
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- Fixed reporting of errors during extraction to catch "Can't open"
- errors and other failures.
- Fixed rare volume overflow when using -m4.
- Fixed side effect modification of "-jq" option when using "-ju".
- Fixed -jt option when adding 0 files in a move command.
- Fixed ARJ to list filenames with embedded "%"s.
- Fixed ARJ to not modify version number in archive file headers.
- Fixed "-jp" to inhibit pauses when stdout is redirected.
- Fixed ARJ /? to inhibit pauses when "always" query chosen.
- Fixed problem of leftover ARJTEMP.$* files when processing wildcarded
- ARJ files.
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- Removed support for the "w" command in DEARJ for program size reasons.
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- Fixed REARJ "/f /d /u" option to work on updating a diskette archive.
- Corrected ARJ support in REARJ.CFG.
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