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ZipNote v1.0, Copyright 1989 by MJP Enterprises
ZipNote is released as Freeware. If you find the program useful, a gift of
$10 would be greatly appreciated. If you send a check please make it
payable to "Matthew J. Palcic".
ZipNote allows easier commenting of ZIP files. This can be especially
useful for BBS sysops who want to mark their ZIP files for free
advertising. i.e. "Downloaded from CDS On-Line (513)429-7780"
The flexibility in ZipNote is in that it allows a comment to either be
typed from the keyboard, copied from an existing text file or a comment can
be stored in a configuration file.
The syntax for ZipNote is:
ZIPNOTE filespec [params...]
(ALL PARAMETERS MUST BE SEPARATED BY A SPACE!)
"filespec" is any valid ZIP name or wildcard pattern.
i.e. "E:\UPLOADS\*.*" (only .ZIP files are processed)
"[params...]" must be separated by spaces and follow a "/X:data"
format where "X" is the actual parameter and "data" is the argument.
/Z: is the path to PKZIP
/C: is the comment file to use
/S: is the setup file for ZipNote
(default is ZIPNOTE.SET)
Examples:
ZipNote *.ZIP /Z:C:\UTILS\ZIP\PKZ.EXE
ZipNote ZMIZE130.ZIP /C:ZMIZE.ANS /S:ZMIZE.SET
The default setup file for ZipNote is ZIPNOTE.SET and is
searched for in both the current directory and the directory
ZipNote resides in. If it is not found in either place then
an error results.
If no comment exists in the setup file or a comment file is
not specified then the user is prompted for a comment to add.
If the /Z: parameter is not used PKZIP.EXE will be searched
for in the default PATH.
Valid options for setup files:
/Z: is the path to PKZIP
/C: is the comment file to use
/N: is an actual comment to use
Examples:
/Z:C:\UTILS\ZIP\PKZ.EXE
/C:ZMIZE.ANS
/N:Downloaded from CDS On-Line, (513)429-7780
Options on the command line or in the configuration file are processed first
to last, so a /N: parameter will wipe out a /C: parameter found before it.
i.e. /N:Ziptimize v1.2
/N:Ziptimize v1.3
results in the comment being "Ziptimize v1.3"
The primary reason for the setup file is (obviously) not because there
are so many parameters, but this allows several different ZipNote
configurations for different databases in a BBS, different categories of
ZIPs, etc.
Using ZipNote, you can create your own comment file with your favorite
editor. ZipNote makes no effort to check the length of your comment or
the formatting of your comment. You will have to experiment to find out
what works best. Color comments can be achieved by using an ANSI editor
(such as THEDRAW) and saving a block of the screen as a comment. This was
done with ZipNote to create the color comment you should have seen when
unZipping this program. I don't know what the limit is on the comment
length, but it is longer than the 32 characters noted in the PKZIP manual.
If you have any questions, comments, suggestions or bug reports please
contact:
Matthew J. Palcic
1030 Dayton-Yellow Springs Rd.
Xenia, Ohio 45385-9508
(513)767-1625
A sample .SET file and a couple of comment files have been included to
give you something to build on. If you come up with anything new using
this technique I'd love to see it.
To try the DEMO.SET type:
ZIPNOTE *.* /S:DEMO.SET
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