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WHATSNEW.DOC November 1992
This lists the user visible changes to ARJ since ARJ 2.30.
ARJ 2.39b
Changed critical error handling.
Added "-hu" option to allow updates of multiple volume archives.
Added "-ha" option to handle read-only files.
Added new subtotal display to better support wildcarding ARJ files.
Added errorlevel 9 to represent "Not an ARJ file" error.
Moved removable media check to after 1st volume.
Fixed "-jwPRN" processing to not prompt for overwrite.
Fixed -x processing during extraction.
Fixed ARJ.DOC with regard to the "j" command supporting "-d".
Fixed a problem where a few files would not compress correctly.
ARJ 2.39a
Speeded up compression and extraction especially on diskettes and
uncached disk drives.
Added the feature of setting the correct file date-time stamp when
using the ARJ "p" command as in ARJ p archive name | LIST /s.
Added delete permission prompt to ARJ e -d *.* usage.
Added a default critical error handler.
Added "-hcDOS_COMMAND" option for executing DOS command at start of ARJ.
Added "-he" option to abort when processing an ARJ-SECURED archive.
Added "-hi" option to put more detail in the "-ji" index file.
Added "-hs" option to disable file sharing code.
Added "-hw" options to provide various display options for "ARJ w".
Added "-ja1" option to inhibit the display of the archive comment.
Added "-jn" option to facilitate restarting multiple volumes by using
the information from the index file.
Added "-od" option to select files 0 to N days old.
Added bar and percentage display ("-i2" option).
Added "r" modifier to "-v" switch to allow the reservation of space on
the first volume.
Added "-x-" support so that ARJ resets exclude list when it sees the
"-x-".
Added "Out of near memory" error message.
Added feature to check for device driver filenames except for "-jw".
Changed ARJ to always prompt for a diskette volume unless disabled
by "-jyv" even if "y" is specified.
Changed the -jy switch processing to toggle like other ARJ switches.
Added a warning when work disk is too small to make volume.
Added check for error writing to stdout.
Added "Replacing" message when adding a file to an archive which
already contains such a file.
Shortened the "CRC OK" message to "OK".
Removed auto Huffman setting as it did not do much in a real world test.
Removed [YNAQ] messages.
Added intermediate "OK to extract to a new filename?" prompt.
Changed the backup feature to mark only non-backup files.
Changed the "-v" option to accept its modifiers in any order.
Changed the "always" response to yes/no queries to "always", "skip",
and "global".
Changed the "quit" response to generate an error for both ARJ and
ARJSFX.
Removed the "end of file" error message when using the "-jr" option
on an undamaged ARJ archive.
Removed the ":" from the index file "-ji" header.
Removed "CRC OK" messages during "ARJ w" command to simplify output.
Improved the error message when extracting with the wrong password.
Used MS-DOS/BIOS calls to handle cgets/cputs/getch, etc.
Improved allocation of i/o buffer space.
Changed ARJSFX to NOT prompt for "Continue extraction" when "-e" or
"-x" has been specified.
Changed ARJSFXJR to distinguish between true errors and skipping of
files that already exist.
Added CTL Break checking to ARJSFXJR (-je1).
Added error checking of invalid switch options like -jm3.
Added documentation briefly explaining ARJ error messages.
Fixed reporting of errors during extraction to catch "Can't open"
errors and other failures.
Fixed rare volume overflow when using -m4.
Fixed side effect modification of "-jq" option when using "-ju".
Fixed -jt option when adding 0 files in a move command.
Fixed ARJ to list filenames with embedded "%"s.
Fixed ARJ to not modify version number in archive file headers.
Fixed "-jp" to inhibit pauses when stdout is redirected.
Fixed ARJ /? to inhibit pauses when "always" query chosen.
Fixed problem of leftover ARJTEMP.$* files when processing wildcarded
ARJ files.
Removed support for the "w" command in DEARJ for program size reasons.
Fixed REARJ "/f /d /u" option to work on updating a diskette archive.
Corrected ARJ support in REARJ.CFG.
end of WHATSNEW.DOC