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ZipQuik Version 4 Released 2-17-89
by John H. Bergman
This small utility has been developed to provide an easy means to convert
any and all existing files to the ".ZIP" format. It will convert files in the
current directory only. You should use the "-d" option to remove the old
files after the conversion. You can also choose the type of compression,
as well as which Archiver program to use to un-pack existing files.
The author of this package is NOT affiliated with any particular company,
but has been written ONLY to perform the conversion on his board. It was so
useful that I have decided to make it available to all sysops FREE. If you
like this product, you are encouraged to call The Silicon Zone at the number
listed below and leave a comment that you did like it.
CAUTION!! I would recommend that you make a backup of your existing system
just to prevent any loss of data. This program will work your harddisk quite
a lot, and hence may cause lack of data due to sheer "hard use" of the hard
disk. Besides... Better safe than sorry!
This program REQUIRES approximately 1 megabyte free on the harddisk that
it is executed on. If there is not enough room, problems *MAY* arrise in
the conversion procedure. If you have archives that are larger and 300k, you
may require as much as 2 megabytes of free hard disk space.
You may desire to convert more than one directory at a time, in that case,
you may create a batch file which changes to each of the directories one by
one and runs the ZipQuik program.
Syntax is: ZipQuik [-Options]
Options are:
-c<type> -> PkZip Compression to be used: 1=fastest,4=slowest
1=largest,4=smallest
-f<type> -> from.. types may be "pkpak","pkarc","pkzip"
"pak", "asc", or "zoo"
-t<type> -> to.... types may be "pkpak","pkarc","pkz
"pak", or "zoo"
-d -> Delete OLD files when converted
-all -> Convert arcs within arcs
-for<fn> -> FOR this type of file. (Wildcards permitted!)
-q -> QUIET mode on (Limited output)
Examples:
ZipQuik -c4 -fPKARC -tPKZIP -d Arc to Zip, HIGH compression (entire dir)
ZipQuik -fPKPAK -tPKZIP Pak to Zip, NRML Compression (entire dir)
ZipQuik -forM*.Arc -fPKARC -tPKZIP Convert M*.Arc (Arc files) to Zip
ZipQuik -fASC -tPKZIP -for*.txt Convert *.Txt ascii files to Zip
ZipQuik -for:\download\thisone.arc INVALID! Path NOT allowed
NOTE: -f is REQUIRED!
Options are not case sensitive.
More Examples:
ZipQuik -fASC -tPkZip -for*.doc Convert all *.doc ASCII files to the
Zip file format. Each .Doc file will
be stored in its own Zip file.
ZipQuik -fASC -tPkArc -for*.txt Convert all *.txt ASCII files to the
Arc file format. Each .Txt file will
be stored in its own Arc file.
Feedback?
John H. Bergman
The Silicon Zone (305) 721-0960 (300/1200/2400)
Updates of this program are also available from:
Av-Sync Atlanta (404) 320-6202 (300/1200/2400/9600)