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- *** AWARE ***
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- AppWindow ARchive Extractor
- Copyright © 1991 by Ronald S. Griffis
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- Notice of Distribution:
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- The author of AWARE claims copyright of the software and
- the accompanying document. The author grants free and public
- distribution of this software so long as it is kept unaltered,
- is accompanied by the document file, and there are no charges
- for the distribution except for nominal copy fees or modem
- connect charges.
-
- Introduction:
-
- Public Domain Software is a wonderful idea. But it can be
- frustrating to deal with the various archiving programs used by
- the "TeleCommunity" to pack their files for transit. Novices and
- advanced users alike have to tediously peck out the commands and
- arguments in the CLI to unpack the files and then must sort
- through what they have unpacked to make sure that all the files
- for "program a" are in their own drawer and all the files for
- "utility b" are in their own drawer, etc., etc., etc...
-
- Now, you have a better way. You now have "AWAREness!"
-
- AWARE is a fully automated archive extraction utility which
- makes use of the AmigaDos 2.0 AppWindow feature for maximum ease
- of use. It was made with CanDo 1.5 so it will operate in a
- multi-tasking system without causing havoc or interfering with
- other software.
-
- Requirements:
-
- In order to run AWARE, you must be operating under AmigaDos 2.0.
- You must have the proper archive programs in your C: drawer and
- they must have their original names (i.e., lharc, lz, zoo, arc).
- You must have the following fonts in your FONTS: drawer; topaz8,
- garnet16, helvetica9 and helvetica11. Lastly, the archives you
- intend to unpack must have the proper extensions to their filenames
- to indicate which archive program they were packed with (i.e., if a
- group of files were packed using Lharc, the filename of the archive
- would end with ".lzh"). This is usually not a problem since nearly
- all archives, whether stored on disk or on a BBS, are named this
- way. You should simply take care not to change the extension.
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- Usage:
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- To unpack an archive using AWARE, simply drag its icon (or
- filename if you have the window set to "show by name") over to the
- AWARE window and drop it. That's it! AWARE will read the file
- extension, decide which archive program must be used, create a
- drawer to put the unpacked files in, and unpack the archive.
- The destination drawer will be in RAM: and will have the same
- name as the archive, minus the extension. When finished, you
- can simply drag the drawer to any other location you wish and
- all of the files from that archive will be kept together.
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- If you wish to temporarily change the place where the
- destination drawer will be created, select "Destination..." from
- the "Settings" menu and enter your choice in the requester. If
- you later decide that you want things the way they were, select
- "Reset" from the "Settings" menu.
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- While the unpacking is in progress, a CLI window will be
- open. Normally you may ignore what is happening in that
- window, but occasionally you will be prompted by the archive
- program to make some decision about the unpacking process.
- You should answer the best that you can. If you are unsure
- about the question it may be best to simply answer no. If the
- question is about making a new "directory", then answer yes.
-
- Final Words:
-
- When I first read the early press releases on AmigaDos 2.0,
- they mentioned that one new feature would be the ability to load
- a file by dropping the file's icon into an application's window.
- The first idea that occurred to me was an automated archive program.
- The release of AmigaDos 2.0 made it possible and the release of
- CanDo 1.5 made it easy (well, easier than doing it in "C").
-
- I hope that this utility makes life with archives a little
- easier for you. If you have any suggestions or comments, you can
- send e-mail to me on GEnie (my address is R.GRIFFIS). If you feel
- compelled to send money, send a donation to either the Space Studies
- Institute or the National Space Society. Their addresses are below.
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- National Space Society Space Studies Institute
- 922 Pennsylvania Ave. S.E. P.O. Box 82
- Washington, DC 20003-2140 Princeton, NJ 08542
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- "Creating a Spacefaring Civilization."
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