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- ZIP Converter 2.7
- Copyright (c) 1993 Gregory Sherman
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-
- DISTRIBUTION
-
- This program is shareware. You can upload it to BBSs, give copies
- to friends, etc. Please distribute it in the archive ZIPCVT27.ZIP,
- which contains this file, ZIPCVT.EXE, CVTREG.FRM, and FILE_ID.DIZ.
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- REGISTRATION
-
- You may evaluate ZIP Converter for a period of 10 days. If you
- continue to use it beyond this period, you must register.
- Registered users will receive instructions that will prevent
- the registration notice from appearing. Your registration will
- be valid for all future versions of ZIP Converter.
-
- The registration fee is $5 for a single user on one computer.
- This price is valid until the release of ZIP Converter 3.0.
- You may send a check (US funds drawn on a U.S. bank),
- postal money order, or cash to:
-
- Gregory Sherman
- 4750 Sawtelle Blvd
- Culver City CA 90230
-
- You can print and fill out the included registration form,
- CVTREG.FRM. Otherwise, please include your name (as you
- want it to appear when the program runs) and your address
- with your registration fee.
-
- Please write or send E-Mail for quantity and site-license
- pricing.
-
-
- E-MAIL
-
- Send questions and comments via Internet to:
- Gregory.Sherman@f129.n102.z1.fidonet.org
-
- or call
-
- The Source BBS (310)371-3737
- USR DS 14.4k v.32bis
- latest version in File Area 1
- leave message for Gregory Sherman in Conference 0
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-
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- INTRODUCTION
-
- ZIP Converter will change your version 1.x ZIP archives to
- version 2.04. The program can be run on a single file
- or all ZIP archives in a specified directory each time it is
- run. It can be used on both hard and floppy drives. The
- program determines the version of a ZIP file and will not
- convert an archive that is already in 2.04 format. The old
- archives are unzipped with the -d option (preserve
- subdirectories). The new archives are created with the -rP
- (restore subdirectories), -o (set archive date to latest file
- date) and -ex (maximum compression) options (see PKZIP
- documentation for more information). ZIP Converter
- will convert ZIP files within a ZIP file (one level only).
-
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- INSTRUCTIONS
-
- Place ZIPCVT.EXE and the new versions of PKZIP.EXE and PKUNZIP.EXE
- in directories included in the PATH statement of your
- AUTOEXEC.BAT file. Run ZIPCVT from a hard drive or a RAM drive with
- adequate space for temporary files created by ZIPCVT and PKZIP.
-
- ZIP Converter is run from the DOS command line with this form:
- zipcvt <file-pathname | directory-path> [-n] [-p#] [-r | -z comment-pathname]
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- "filename" can be of the form "name" or "name.zip". Absolute and
- relative pathnames can also be used. "." for the current directory
- and ".." for the parent directory can be used in relative pathnames.
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- "directory-path" can also be a relative or absolute pathname.
- The final '\' must be included as in "c:\qmodem\ud\".
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- The optional parameter "-n" prevents ZIP Converter from checking
- ZIP versions in order to increase the speed of conversion. This
- should only be used if you are sure that all ZIP files are in
- the old format.
-
- The optional parameter "-p#" is intended for use on directories
- that have a large number of ZIPs. # is an integer you choose.
- After converting # of ZIPs, the program will display a prompt
- (C)ontinue or (Q)uit ? You then press "c" or "q" to choose.
- If you press "c" the program will again display this prompt
- after another # of ZIPs have been converted. This will be repeated
- until all ZIPs have been converted or you press "q" at a prompt.
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- The optional parameter "-r" instructs ZIP Converter to remove
- comments from the ZIP archives it converts.
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- The optional parameter "-z" instructs ZIP Converter to add
- comments to the ZIP archives it converts. "comment-pathname" is
- the pathname of a plain ASCII text file that contains the comments.
-
-
- Examples : "zipcvt lib2" will convert the file LIB2.ZIP in the
- current directory to 2.04 format if necessary
-
- "zipcvt b: -r" or "zipcvt b:\ -r" will convert archives
- in drive B's root directory, removing all comments
-
- "zipcvt \progs\libs\bak\ -n" will do the conversion for ZIP
- files in \progs\libs\bak\ of the current drive, without
- checking for ZIP versions
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- "zipcvt \term\dls\ -z \utils\comment.txt" will convert
- ZIP files in \term\dls\, adding the contents of
- \utils\comment.txt as comments to all ZIP files
-
- "zipcvt . -p10" will convert ZIP files in the current
- directory, asking if you want to continue after
- converting 10, 20, 30, ... ZIPs
-
- C:\TP\SOURCE\UNITS> "zipcvt .." will convert all
- archives in C:\TP\SOURCE\
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- DISCLAIMER
-
- ZIP Converter is provided "as is". Use at your own risk.
- Gregory Sherman disclaims all warranties, including the implied
- warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose.
-
-
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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- PKZIP and PKUNZIP are registered trademarks of PKWARE, Inc.
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