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╓───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╖
║ PROGRAM: DIRARC (C) v1.00 by Scott R. Haymaker and HandMade Software ║
║ ║
║ DESCRIPTION: An archiving manager for your directories. ║
║ ║
║ PURPOSE: By using the compression capabilities of various archiving ║
║ programs, DIRARC allows the user to easily compress and ║
║ decompress directories and thus increase free disk space. It ║
║ also simplifies the use of such archiving programs allowing the ║
║ user to create executable archives and archives which contain ║
║ contain sub-directories for a given directory. ║
╙───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╜
I wrote DIRARC out of necessity. I have alot of directories which contain
files that I seldom use, but I need to keep these directories on my hard
disk nonetheless. So even though I seldom use them, I still need them to
be present when I do require them. Thus it occurred to me that it would be
nice if I could archive these directories and save some space on my hard
disk. (We all know how valuable hard disk space is in these days of space
eating applications!)
Anyhow, after writing some fairly intensive batch files to handle this
process, I decided it would be easier to create a program to take care of
this chore, and with that DIRARC v1.00 was created.
DIRARC will do the following:
(1) It will use either PKZIP/PKUNZIP, LHA, or the ARJ compression
utilities to archive your directory(s) into one file.
(2) It is capable of creating archives that are executable and/or which
contain sub-directories.
(3) After DIRARC creates the archive, it allows you the option to delete
the files it has archived. Thus you would be left with only one file,
the archive, which is named after the first eight letters of the
directory name, or "ROOT" in the case of the DOS root directory.
(4) Whenever you need the directory to be decompressed, you can either
run DIRARC with the decompress option, or "manually" decompress them
with the desired archiving program should you choose.
Let's take a look at an example with the given directory of:
===============================================================================
C:\TEST> dir
Volume in drive C has no label
Volume Serial Number is 1B77-3AC6
Directory of C:\TEST
. <DIR> 02-10-94 4:28p
.. <DIR> 02-10-94 4:28p
DIRARC EXE 30211 02-15-94 10:48p
INSTALL EXE 17882 02-07-94 8:40p
THANKS TXT 140 01-31-94 4:38p
REGISTER DOC 2599 01-31-94 10:44p
LICENSE DOC 3707 02-01-93 2:04a
HISTORY TXT 9060 08-02-91 2:13a
DIRARC DOC 7189 06-04-93 9:19a
9 file(s) 70788 bytes <- NOTE: 70788 bytes used.
78118912 bytes free
C:\TEST> dirarc /c /z /q <- NOTE: Create archive
using PKZIP in
"quiet" mode.
▒▒▒▒DIRARC v1.00▒▒▒▒(C) HandMade Software '93▒▒▒▒
Delete files that have been archived [Y/N]: y <- NOTE: File deletion is
optional.
▒▒▒▒DIRARC Run Complete!▒▒▒▒
C:\TEST> dir
Volume in drive C has no label
Volume Serial Number is 1B77-3AC6
Directory of C:\TEST
. <DIR> 02-10-94 4:28p
.. <DIR> 02-10-94 4:28p
TEST ZIP 37798 02-15-94 10:48p <- NOTE: Archive name.
3 file(s) 37798 bytes <- NOTE: 37798 bytes used.
78163968 bytes free
C:\TEST>
===============================================================================
As you can see, this saves quite a bit of space! The system creates an
archive which is named after the directory and prompts the user to delete
the files (this can be over-ridden via a switch). Note that DIRARC allows
the user complete control over almost every possible mode of operation!
You can imagine what kind of monster batch files that would have to be
written to carry out this simple function. With DIRARC, all of this is
taken care of! Also included are pre-written batch files to even
further the simplicity of operation.
For more information on command syntax, registration, and other
acknowledgements, please refer to the following files:
README.DOC - This file.
DIRARC.DOC - Detailed explanation of command syntax and program usage.
REGISTER.DOC - Information on how to obtain the SOURCE CODE to DIRARC and
how to donate to the author.
LICENSE.DOC - Information on SITE licensing and other restrictions.
THANKS.DOC - Acknowledgements and personal mentions.
============================[COPYRIGHT NOTICES]================================
PKZIP and PKUNZIP are registered trademarks of PKWARE, Inc.
LHA copyrighted (c) by HARUYASU YOSHIZAKI
ARJ copyrighted (c) 1990-93 by Robert K Jung.
Trademarks of other companies mentioned appear for identification
purposes only and are the property of their respective companies or
authors.
===============================================================================
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