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 2ZIP Disclaimer

      2ZIP is provided "as-is".  I make no claim that it is suitable for any
      particular purpose at all.  It may, in fact, not work at all.  I've had
      some pretty good luck with it, but you might not.  If 2ZIP formats your
      hard drive you are ON YOUR OWN!

      2ZIP won't format your hard drive, though, and I will try to correct any
      reported bugs (mistakes) as quickly as possible.

 2ZIP Credits

      2ZIP was inspired in some small way by a program called ZIPPER.  ZIPPER
      does basically what 2ZIP does, but only for .ARC and .PAK files.  ZIPPER
      would also like you to pay a fifteen dollar shareware fee.

      2ZIP payment is a little different.  See the "2ZIP payment" section of
      this document (coming right up).

      If you've used ZIPPER, you may also think it is annoying (whistling
      windows, etc.).  As Chuck Forsberg likes to say, "...if you're looking
      for a modem video game, Pro-YAM is not for you..."  Likewise, if you're
      looking for a PKZIP conversion video game you should probably look
      elsewhere.

 2ZIP Payment

      2ZIP is free.  I'm offering it as a service to promote what I believe is
      a superior compression program (PKZIP/PKUNZIP).  I would certainly
      appreciate your comments on 2ZIP, and I would probably be willing to add
      an enhancement or two if it's needed, (and if you say I'm a nice guy for
      doing it).

      If you use 2ZIP a lot and really feel like you owe me cash, send a
      donation to my address in the $2 to $5 range.  Please do not send more
      than five dollars in any event.  Any money collected will be used to
      expand my toolbox for other public enhancement utilities like 2ZIP.

      If you've got tons and tons of money, I would recommend registering the
      shareware programs you use, like PKZIP/PKUNZIP, DSZ, GT Power, Etc.
      THESE authors depend on your support, I don't.

 2ZIP Installation

      First, you must have a copy of each de-compression program you are
      currently using on your system in one of your DOS search directories.
      This is probably already the case, but if you want to be extra sure 2ZIP
      will work in all cases (at least all cases it was designed for), copy
      PKUNPAK.EXE (v3.61), PAK.EXE (v1.60), ZOO.EXE (v1.41), MDCD.EXE and
      PKZIP.EXE (Current version) in your DOS search directory.  I'm using my
      \UTIL directory for this purpose.













2ZIP: .ARC/.MD/.PAK/.ZOO to .ZIP Conversion Utility         Version 1.1\89.02.12

      Next, you should set up a WORK/LOG directory using the 2ZIP environment
      variable.  Place a line in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file which reads

                     SET 2ZIP=C:\UTIL

      (or whatever you want your WORK/LOG directory to be).  This directory
      _must_ exist.  If it doesn't, 2ZIP won't work correctly.

      A subdirectory will be created under this WORK/LOG directory called
      TMP$KMS, so it is perfectly O.K. to have other files in this directory.
      The TMP$KMS subdirectory will be removed after each 2ZIP session.

 2ZIP Usage

      2ZIP is fairly easy to use (once you've performed the above installation
      steps).  To convert a single archive to the ZIP format you would type:

                     2ZIP file.arc
                     2ZIP TEST.ARC       (to convert TEST.ARC to TEST.ZIP)

      Wildcards are allowed, so to convert all .ARCs to ZIP format:

                     2ZIP *.ARC

      And multiple command-line files are allowed, so to convert all archives,
      all PAK files, and FOO.ZOO you would type:

                     2ZIP *.ARC *.PAK FOO.ZOO

      Pretty straightforward, huh?  While 2ZIP is processing you'll see
      something like this:

      

      2ZIP    .ARC/.MD/.PAK/.ZOO to .ZIP conversion utility!   Version 1.1
      Copyright (c) 1989, Kelly Stanonik                   All Rights Reserved.
      
      TEST1.ARC      Un-archiving.  ZIPing.  Setting Date and Time.  Done.
      TEST3.ARC      Un-archiving.  ZIPing.  Setting Date and Time.  Done.
      TEST5.PAK      Un-PAKing.     ZIPing.  Setting Date and Time.  Done.
      TEST6.ZOO      Un-ZOOing.     ZIPing.  Setting Date and Time.  Done.
      LZ.MD          Un-MDCDing.    ZIPing.  Setting Date and Time.  Done.
      TEST7.MD       Un-MDCDing.    ZIPing.  Setting Date and Time.  Done.
      
      Finished!    6 files converted.

      

      Note that 2ZIP sets the date and time of the resulting .ZIP file to the
      original date and time of the .ARC, .PAK, .MD, or .ZOO file.  This should
      make you sysops out there happy.

      2ZIP automatically selects PKZIP's highest compression ratio for both
      ASCII and Binary files.  This can result in a longer compression time,
      but decompression will be faster and file sizes will be smaller.





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 2ZIP Error Log

      If, for some reason, 2ZIP is unable to create a .ZIP file, the word
      "Error." will replace "Done." in 2ZIP's output, and a line will be added
      to the 2ZIP_BAD.LOG file (located in whatever directory you set the 2ZIP
      environment variable).

      This log file contains the name of the original file and the target .ZIP
      file, and the date and time of the attempt.

      2ZIP does not delete the original file if an error occurs.

 2ZIP Bug Reports

      Kelly Stanonik (KMS)                    Bix:            kms
      Box 803                                 CompuServe:     75170,14
      Kearney, NE  68848                      Home:           (308) 236 7514











































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