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D O C U M E N T A T I O N V I E W Z I P V E R S I O N 1 . 0
( C ) 1 9 9 0 B Y B E N J A M I N K U O
S I L V E R Y U C C A S O F T W A R E
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viewZIP 1.0 is a ZIP compressed file viewing utility for Red Ryder Host,
Mansion, and WWIV bulletin board users. This version simply allows you to see
the contents of a ZIP file before downloading.
A Short Explanation of ZIP Files
ZIP files are files created with Phil Katz' compression utility PkZIP,
which compresses files for transfer. It is available on the IBM PC and the
Amiga (as well as others). Several programs (i.e. Unzip) on the Macintosh will
extract ZIP files.
What This Version DOES NOT Have
This version of viewZIP lacks:
- uncompressing files
- control of multiple directories of ZIP files
- viewing ZIPped files
- any sophisticated screen manipulation (pauses/etc.)
- unarchiving files to smaller ZIP packages
If enough interest is expressed, I may add several things:
- all of the above
- StuffIt file viewing (if someone could provide me some code)
- Packit file viewing (ditto)
- multiple directories
If there is REALLY a lot of interest, I may add:
- downloads from the door (XMODEM/YMODEM/maybe ZMODEM)
ZIP, SIT, and PIT files are almost impossible to handle within the
constraints of the Pascal environment: I'm working on learning C, so that
may change things in relation to the functions which can be added...
To set up viewZIP, follow these steps:
2. Place the viewZIP application in the same path as your bbs.
3. Copy the viewZIP support files to the data folder.
4. Add the viewZIP as a door choice within the bulletin board.
5. Launch viewZIP from WITHIN YOUR BBS.
6. Set the host bbs path, where the ZIP files exist, and what
application you wish to quit to after running viewZIP.
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