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- ARCTOOL Version 7.5
- Copyright (c) 1992 GDSOFT
-
- MAJOR CHANGES IN THIS VERSION :
-
- With Version 7.01, ARCTOOL has undergone some MAJOR revisions for the first
- time in over a year. After LOTS of requests from users, ARCTOOL will NOW
- handle those pesky self-extracting files that are everywhere on BBS's
- around the country. The changes made to ARCTOOL for this version include :
-
- ... NEW Graphical Interface !!
- ... ARCTOOL now unpacks archives found in other archives. You can
- go up to 4 LEVELS deep.
- ... Supports ARJ format.
- ... Copy, Rename or Delete Archives from within ARCTOOL.
- ... Virus SCAN option using your favorite virus control program.
- ... Directory pruning and creation inside ARCTOOL.
-
- ... Recognition of MOST SFX headers in 'COM' and 'EXE' files.
- ... Use Of Configuration file for archive paths. Makes startup FAST !!
- ... Command line switches /N ( Do NOT use configuration file )
- and /S ( create configuration file from archive paths. )
- ... UNLIMITED (only by available memory) number of archives.
- Previous versions limited the user to 250 archives.
- ... Bug fixes for GOOFY machine BIOS (PS2, Zenith, Tandy) !!
- ... Network, NetBIOS, DeskView and WINDOWS COMPATIBLE !!!
- ... FASTER, Tighter code.
- ... NO CHANGE to the 'LOOK' and 'FEEL' so previous users won't be
- freeked out. This is one of MY PET PEEVES when programmers update
- their software. "I just got used to it, and they changed the whole
- darn thing"
-
- GETTING STARTED :
-
- ARCTOOL is a shell to the many of the most popular archive (compression)
- programs available. ARCTOOL will support files compressed with PKZIP, ARC
- (SEA), PKARC, LHARC, LHA, LHS, ARJ, ZOO, SQUEEZE, and PAK (Nogate).
-
- With Version 7.0, ARCTOOL can now support SFX files made with PAK, ARC,
- LHARC, and PKZIP. These files are self-extracting, and have file extensions
- of 'COM' or 'EXE'. ARCTOOL will try to determine if a file is an SFX file
- and include it for your review if it is.
-
- Since ARCTOOL is a shell, you obviously must have a version of the
- de-arcing software that you want to use somewhere on the same drive as
- ARCTOOL.
-
- ARCTOOL is executed for the DOS command line by entering AT. First, the
- program will search your entire disk for files ending in the extension
- 'ARC','PAK','LZH','LBR','ZOO','ARJ','ZIP' and 'COM' and 'EXE' (SFX files).
-
- THE MAIN SCREEN :
-
- ┌────────────────────────── ARCTOOL 7.5 ─────────────────────────┐
- │ ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
- │ │ Files : 24 Volume : GDSOFT2 │ │
- │ │ Space Used : 3951905 Memory : 310928 │ │
- │ │ Free Space : 87719936 Need : 0 │ │
- │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │
- └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
- ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
- │ │ AR702 ZIP D:\ZIP\ 19043 10/27/91 01:17Pm │ │
- │ │ BILLING ZIP D:\BILLING\ 96617 08/29/91 10:31Am │ │
- │ │ BONUS ZIP D:\TURBO\ARCS\ 105465 09/24/91 11:20Pm │ │
- │ │ BONUS2 ZIP D:\TURBO\ARCS\ 220388 10/18/91 12:05Pm │ │
- │ │ DP4PRT LZH D:\ZIP\ 32838 10/30/91 08:58Am │ │
- │ │ DS ZIP D:\DS\ 125966 08/27/91 01:29Am │ │
- │ │ FM ZIP D:\FILEMAIN\ 652777 08/29/91 10:50Am │ │
- │ │ FV138 ZIP D:\ZIP\ 9068 09/23/91 07:53Am │ │
- │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │
- │ ┌────────┐┌────────┐┌────────┐┌────────┐┌────────┐┌────────┐ │
- │ │ -Up ││ -Dn ││ PgUp ││ PgDn ││ Home ││ End │ │
- │ └────────┘└────────┘└────────┘└────────┘└────────┘└────────┘ │
- │ ┌────────┐┌────────┐┌────────┐┌────────┐┌────────┐┌─────────┐ │
- │ │ Copy ││ Del ││ Rename ││ Sort ││ SeTup ││ ┘-View │ │
- │ └────────┘└────────┘└────────┘└────────┘└────────┘└─────────┘ │
- └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-
- The first time into the program, you will need to tell ARCTOOL what program
- and format you want to use for each of the file extensions supported.
-
- You can access this setup for the SETUP icon on the main screen. You will be
- presented with a menu of choices. Select ARCHIVER LOCATIONS.
-
- The Archiver setup screen looks like this :
-
- ┌───────────────────── ARCHIVE Setup ─────────────────────┐
- │ ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
- │ │ │ │
- │ │ UNARC Program : D:\UTILITY\ARC.EXE │ │
- │ │ UNPAK Program : D:\UTILITY\PAK.EXE │ │
- │ │ UNZIP Program : D:\UTILITY\PKUNZIP.EXE │ │
- │ │ UNLBR Program : D:\UTILITY\LUE.COM │ │
- │ │ UNZOO Program : D:\UTILITY\ZOO.EXE │ │
- │ │ UNLZH Program : D:\UTILITY\LHA.EXE │ │
- │ │ UNARJ Program : D:\UTILITY\ARJ.EXE │ │
- │ │ │ │
- │ └─────── ,-Up/Down ┘-Select Esc-Exit ───────┘ │
- └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-
- Enter the name of the program to use for each extension (i.e. PKXARC.EXE),
- and if it is on the disk, ARCTOOL will find it. Of course, you can enter
- the full path along with the filename (i.e. C:\UTILITY\PKXARC.EXE).
-
-
- Next you will be asked to select a decompression format. The different
- programs available have different command line switches that must be used.
- The selection window looks like this :
-
- ┌───────────── Select An Archive Format ────────────┐
- │SEA : ARC {xepv}[ow] <ARCHIVE> [filename] │
- │PKWARE : PK[xarc,unpak] {epc}[r] <ARCHIVE> [filen │
- │PKWARE : PKUNZIP {epc} [o] <ARCHIVE> [filename] │
- │NOGATE : PAK {ep}[wa] <ARCHIVE> [filename] │
- │V.BUERG : LUE <ARCHIVE> [filename] │
- │R.DHESI : ZOO {ep}[o] <ARCHIVE> [filename] │
- │YOSHI : LHA[rc] {xepv}[n] <ARCHIVE> [filename] │
- │R.JUNG : ARJ {xepv}[o] <ARCHIVE> [filename] │
- └───────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-
- Select the appropriate format, and press 'RETURN'. You will then be asked if
- you want to OVERWRITE existing files on extraction. Answer 'Y' or 'N'.
- Proceed with this process until you have entered a program name for each
- file extension. If you do not want to use a particular format, leave the
- slot blank. ARCTOOL will fill in NOT USED in the slot for you.
-
-
- ┌───────────────────── ARCHIVE Setup ─────────────────────┐
- │ ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
- │ │ │ │
- │ │ UNARC Program : D:\UTILITY\ARC.EXE │ │
- │ │ UNPAK Program : D:\UTILITY\PAK.EXE │ │
- │ │ UNZIP Program : D:\UTILITY\PKUNZIP.EXE │ │
- │ │ UNLBR Program : D:\UTILITY\LUE.COM │ │
- │ │ UNZOO Program : D:\UTILITY\ZOO.EXE │ │
- │ │ UNLZH Program : D:\UTILITY\LHA.EXE │ │
- │ │ UNARJ Program : D:\UTILITY\ARJ.EXE │ │
- │ │ │ │
- │ └─────── ,-Up/Down ┘-Select Esc-Exit ───────┘ │
- │ │
- │ │
- │ ┌─────────────────────────────┐ │
- │ │ Overwrite Files ?? (Y/N) Y │ │
- │ └─────────────────────────────┘ │
- │ │
- │ │
- │ │
- │ │
- │ │
- └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-
- Press ESCAPE when you have finished this process. All of your choices will
- be written out to disk, and may be changed again at anytime. See the SETUP
- command below for more information.
-
-
- ARCTOOL will bring you back to main screen filled with archive files.
-
- ┌────────────────────────── ARCTOOL 7.5 ─────────────────────────┐
- │ ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
- │ │ Files : 24 Volume : GDSOFT2 │ │
- │ │ Space Used : 3951905 Memory : 310928 │ │
- │ │ Free Space : 87719936 Need : 0 │ │
- │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │
- └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
- ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
- │ │ AR702 ZIP D:\ZIP\ 19043 10/27/91 01:17Pm │ │
- │ │ BILLING ZIP D:\BILLING\ 96617 08/29/91 10:31Am │ │
- │ │ BONUS ZIP D:\TURBO\ARCS\ 105465 09/24/91 11:20Pm │ │
- │ │ BONUS2 ZIP D:\TURBO\ARCS\ 220388 10/18/91 12:05Pm │ │
- │ │ DP4PRT LZH D:\ZIP\ 32838 10/30/91 08:58Am │ │
- │ │ DS ZIP D:\DS\ 125966 08/27/91 01:29Am │ │
- │ │ FM ZIP D:\FILEMAIN\ 652777 08/29/91 10:50Am │ │
- │ │ FV138 ZIP D:\ZIP\ 9068 09/23/91 07:53Am │ │
- │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │
- │ ┌────────┐┌────────┐┌────────┐┌────────┐┌────────┐┌────────┐ │
- │ │ -Up ││ -Dn ││ PgUp ││ PgDn ││ Home ││ End │ │
- │ └────────┘└────────┘└────────┘└────────┘└────────┘└────────┘ │
- │ ┌────────┐┌────────┐┌────────┐┌────────┐┌────────┐┌─────────┐ │
- │ │ Copy ││ Del ││ Rename ││ Sort ││ SeTup ││ ┘-View │ │
- │ └────────┘└────────┘└────────┘└────────┘└────────┘└─────────┘ │
- └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-
- Simply use the cursor keys to select one of the archives. Press
- <ENTER> and the archive contents will be displayed.
-
- THE BASIC ARCHIVE COMMAND WINDOW :
-
- After selecting an archive, its contents will be read, and all of its files
- will be presented. The command window at the bottom of the screen displays
- all of the features of ARCTOOL.
-
- ┌────────────── Archive : D:\TURBO\ARCS\BONUS2.ZIP ──────────────┐
- │ ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
- │ │ Files : 9 OutPath : D:\TURBO\ARCS │ │
- │ │ Byte Total : 236338 Memory : 306008 │ │
- │ │ Free Space : 87719936 Need : 0 │ │
- │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │
- └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
- ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
- │ │ BROWSE EXE LZCrunch 39008 12/05/90 05:54Am │ │
- │ │ CASE EXE Stored 9124 10/18/91 12:04Pm │ │
- │ │ ER EXE Stored 32045 10/18/91 12:04Pm │ │
- │ │ FIND EXE Stored 20841 10/18/91 12:05Pm │ │
- │ │ LAB EXE Stored 18682 10/18/91 12:03Pm │ │
- │ │ TR EXE Stored 31544 10/18/91 12:04Pm │ │
- │ │ VF EXE Stored 23785 10/18/91 12:04Pm │ │
- │ │ ZAPDIR EXE Stored 22662 10/18/91 12:04Pm │ │
- │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │
- │ ┌──────────┐┌──────────┐┌──────────┐┌──────────┐┌──────────┐ │
- │ │ Extract ││ Delete ││ Print ││ View ││ Find │ │
- │ └──────────┘└──────────┘└──────────┘└──────────┘└──────────┘ │
- │ ┌──────────┐┌──────────┐┌──────────┐┌──────────┐┌──────────┐ │
- │ │ New ││ Sort ││ Tag ││ UnTag ││ Alt-More │ │
- │ └──────────┘└──────────┘└──────────┘└──────────┘└──────────┘ │
- └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-
-
- The 'D' key allows files within the archive to be deleted, so be careful,
- you'll only get one chance. The 'Q' key quits ARCTOOL.
-
- Files can be Tagged (T) or UnTagged (U). Files can be Extracted (E) to any
- Outpath (L). Files can also be Viewed (V) on the CRT or Printed (P) on the
- printer.
-
- File can be sorted in any order, and ARCTOOL will save the sort switch for
- future use.
-
- A new feature with version 7 of ARCTOOL is the FIND function. The currently
- highlighted file will be search for on the current disk drive.
-
- The NEW command let's you look at another archive. It can be any archive on
- any drive. Just press 'N' and enter the archive name including the path.
-
-
- NEW !!! MULTIPLE LEVEL ARCHIVE EXTRACTION :
-
- ARCTOOL now provide the means to look at files in archives even if the
- archive in question is in another archive. For example, lets say the you
- have an archive called FOUR.ZIP which contains the file THREE.ZIP. Inside
- THREE.ZIP is the file TWO.ZIP and so on. Press the VIEW key, on the first
- archive, and it will open up the next one. You will notice that the screen
- shifts right 2 columns with each level the you go to. You can do this up to
- 4 levels.
-
- Use the ALT key to see the alternate commands available :
-
- ┌────────────── Archive : D:\TURBO\ARCS\BONUS2.ZIP ──────────────┐
- │ ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
- │ │ Files : 9 OutPath : D:\TURBO\ARCS │ │
- │ │ Byte Total : 236338 Memory : 306008 │ │
- │ │ Free Space : 87719936 Need : 0 │ │
- │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │
- └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
- ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
- │ │ BROWSE EXE LZCrunch 39008 12/05/90 05:54Am │ │
- │ │ CASE EXE Stored 9124 10/18/91 12:04Pm │ │
- │ │ ER EXE Stored 32045 10/18/91 12:04Pm │ │
- │ │ FIND EXE Stored 20841 10/18/91 12:05Pm │ │
- │ │ LAB EXE Stored 18682 10/18/91 12:03Pm │ │
- │ │ TR EXE Stored 31544 10/18/91 12:04Pm │ │
- │ │ VF EXE Stored 23785 10/18/91 12:04Pm │ │
- │ │ ZAPDIR EXE Stored 22662 10/18/91 12:04Pm │ │
- │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │
- │ ┌────────────┐ ┌────────────┐ ┌────────────┐ ┌────────────┐ │
- │ │ VirusScan │ │ TagExtract │ │ TagDelete │ │ LogDrive │ │
- │ └────────────┘ └────────────┘ └────────────┘ └────────────┘ │
- │ ┌────────────┐ ┌────────────┐ ┌────────────┐ ┌────────────┐ │
- │ │ TagAll │ │ UnTagAll │ │ Dirs │ │ Setup │ │
- │ └────────────┘ └────────────┘ └────────────┘ └────────────┘ │
- └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-
- The 'ALT T' key tags all of the files in the archive, and the 'ALT U' key
- untags all tagged files.
-
-
- ALT S ( SETUP ) See the description of the SETUP process above.
-
- NEW !!! VIRUSCAN COMMAND
- This works in conjunction with you favorite virus scan program. I use
- SCAN.EXE by McAfee, which can be found on any bulletin board. The files
- will be unpacked to a temporary directory and you will be asked for the
- scan program. Include any command line switches that you might need. The
- files will be scan and virus's if any will be reported.
-
- NEW !!! DIR COMMAND
-
- This command will display a tree of all of the directories on the current
- drive. Directories can be added or DELETED, (BE CAREFUL .. ALL FILES
- INCLUDING SUBDIRS WILL BE DELETED TOO !!!) The path selected will become
- the new OUTPATH for the archives that you might extract.
-
-
- Now back to the MAIN SCREEN :
-
- TURNING SFX LOOKUP OFF ( ALT O Also On Setup MENU )
-
- ARCTOOL by default looks at EVERY 'EXE' and 'COM' file to determine if the
- file is an 'SFX' format file. If you have a directory with a LOT of these
- files, this can take a while, sometimes, A LONG WHILE !!. Especially on
- floppy disks, this can seem to take FOREVER !!!. You can turn this feature
- off by using the 'ALT O' switch once inside of ARCTOOL. You will be given a
- message the the SFX feature is now ON (or OFF) depending on the previous
- state.
-
- Since this feature is a toggle, you will be changing it to the OPPOSITE of
- what it now is. If it seems that ARCTOOL is slow on directories that have a
- LOT of COM and EXE files, try pressing ALT O and see if this speeds things
- up. You WILL however LOOSE the ability to identify SFX "COM" and "EXE'
- files.
-
-
- CONFIGURATION FILE : (Also see SETUP on MAIN SCREEN)
-
- If you desire, you can create a configuration file which MUST be named
- 'AT.CFG', which can contain the pathnames where you want 'ARCTOOL' to
- search for archives. In this case, ARCTOOL WILL NOT search EVERY drive on
- your disk for the presence of archives. This can make the startup process
- VERY fast if you are only placing archives in one or two directories but
- have a LOT of paths on your hard drive.
-
-
- The configuration file must be an ASCII text file, and can be created with
- any text editor. Pathnames must be one per line, and can be any path on
- your disk. EXAMPLE :
-
- C:\
- D:\ARCHIVES\
- \ZIPFILES\
- Z:\PAHTNAME\
-
- You can include ANY path on any physical drive, as long as the physical
- drive exists.
-
- COMMAND LINE SWITCHES :
-
- There are two command line switches that can be used with ARCTOOL to
- control the configuration file.
-
- /N - DO NOT USE CONFIGURATION FILE. If you have created a configuration
- file, then ARCTOOL will use it as a default. This switch will cause
- ARCTOOL to ignore the configuration file, and ALL paths on the current
- disk will be searched for archives.
-
- /S - CREATE CONFIGURATION FILE. Using this switch causes ARCTOOL to
- create a configuration file from the pathnames were it finds archive
- files. Any previous version of the configuration file WILL BE
- OVERWRITTEN. Subsequent uses of ARCTOOL will use this newly created
- configuration file unless you specify the /N switch on the command
- line.
-
- SAMPLE COMMAND LINES : AT /n
- AT /s
- AT A: /S
- AT C: /S
-
- Only use ONE of these switch on the command line at a time.
-
-
- Well, that's pretty much it. I think that you will find ARCTOOL easy to use,
- FAST, and once you get used to using it, indispensable !!
-
- If you like ARCTOOL, then please register it. For those who do, I will send
- my super dooper BONUS archive as well. Believe me there are many goodies on
- this BONUS disk including the companion programs ARCPLUS Version 7.0, which
- will allow you create archives in any of the formats, and the FILEMANAGER
- PLUS, an exciting NEW program which does ALL that you could EVER want a
- file manager program to do, including everything that ARCTOOL does and
- MUCH MORE !!!
-
- (ARCPLUS and FILEMANAGER PLUS will NOT be uploaded anywhere !! This is the
- only way you can get it !!).
-
- Send a FORMATTED, BLANK diskette to
-
- G.D. DAVIS
- 57280 Osage Drive
- Goshen, Indiana 46526
-
- Please Include a $30.00 registration fee.
-
- Make sure that you include your return address.
-
-
- If you have any comments or questions, I would REALLY love to receive your
- comments or suggestions. I can be reached by leaving mail on GENIE
- (G.D.DAVIS) or CompuServe (72067,2726), or write to me at the above
- address.
-
- Thank you for choosing ARCTOOL.
-
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