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- AUSPACK 1.15, a PD-Tool for archive-extraction, Chapell/Germany, 26.07.1993
-
- ***** I'm not liable for damage/problems! Use it at your own-risk! *****
-
- 1. What is AUSPACK
- 1.1 Sense and Purpose
- AUSPACK looks for all archives in the actual folder and decompresses them
- in one step. You can choose the archive type (ARC, ZIP, LZH, ZOO, LHA,
- ...) you want to support, either if you want to extract the archives into
- folders or if you want to delete extracted archives. Use it when you have
- to handle with many archives (ftp).
-
- 1.2 Short manual
- For those, who don't read more than 5 lines manual here is a shrinked
- version: Copy AUSPACK.PRG and AUSPACKE.RSC into one folder, rename
- AUSPACKE.RSC to AUSPACK.RSC, start AUSPACK and select [Setup]. In the
- installation-dialogue you have to enter the archive type (extension) and
- choose the archive-program by using the file-requester. When program or
- extension is known by AUSPACK, the parameters will be preinstalled. Select
- [Next] to enter another archive-type. Leave the installation by clicking
- on [OK]. Use the file-requester to select the path with all archives and
- choose [OK] to start AUSPACK's work.
-
- 2. Installation
-
- 2.1 First installation
- Copy AUSPACK.PRG and AUSPACKE.RSC into one folder and rename AUSPACKE.RSC
- to AUSPACK.RSC for english dialogues. Delete an existing AUSPACK.INF.
- Start the proramm by double-clicking. Select [Setup] to change to the
- installation dialogue. Now you have to choose the archiv-types and the
- programs you want to use (2.3). Quit 'AUSPACK installation' by clicking
- [OK]. Then the file 'AUSPACK.INF' will be written to the same folder as
- AUSPACK.PRG. Now AUSPACK is installed and can be used.
-
- 2.2 Dialogue 'AUSPACK installation'
- In this dialogue you enter the archiv-types and the decompress-programs
- with their parameters.
- 2.2.1 Select archive-program
- Clicking below the text 'Archive-extraxtor' will cause a file-selector.
- Here you can choose the programs to extract your archives. When the
- archive-program as ARC.TTP is known (look 4.) you get a preinstallation of
- the parameter fields. Too long paths will be displayed shortened.
- 2.2.2 Archive-type
- Here you have to insert the archive-extension as LZH, ARC or ZIP (,...).
- Insert this before selecting the program (look 2.2.1) when the program does
- not have a name similar to that listed below.
- 2.2.3 Parameter
- Here you have to enter the call-parameters for the archive-program.
- You have to differ between two modes. The 'quiet' mode should force the
- decompress-programm to suppress all TOS-output. This may be useful under
- MultiTos (not tested). The 'normal' mode allows archiver-messages on your
- screen. Some symbols can be used as fill-in. They will be replaced during
- run-time. So '$n' will be replaced by the archivname with its path, '$t'
- will be replaced by AUSPACK.TMP (temporary-file). AUSPACK.TMP will be
- deleted afterwards.
- 2.2.4 Buttons
- AUSPACK allows you to install up to 20 different archiv-types and their
- decompress-programs. During installation you have to use [Next] to step to
- the next entry and [Previous] to change one you have allready entered. The
- last entry is always empty. To remove an entry use [Delete]. Quit the
- dialogue by using [OK] or [Cancel]. Quit with [OK] saves the settings to
- AUSPACK.INF.
-
- 2.3 Start with Parameter
- Calling AUSPACK with a filename as parameter will directly extract the
- named archive without any dialogue. If you want to start AUSPACK as normal,
- click the right mouse-buuton while starting AUSPACK.
-
- 3. Use AUSPACK
- 3.1 Extract archives
- After installation you only have to select the path with the archives and
- options and click [OK]. All known archives in that path will now be
- extracted.
-
- 3.2 Prepare archives
- For usefull work copy all archives you want to extract into one folder. Get
- sure that there is enough free space on your drive.
-
- 3.3 Dialogue 'AUSPACK'
- 3.3.1 Version-number
- At the top you see the program-name, the version-number and the date of
- program-release.
- 3.3.2 Path for archives
- Below the text 'extracts all archives from' the path and the search-string
- for the archives are shown. Click on the field to change the path and
- search-string using the file-selector.
- 3.3.3 Count of archives
- AUSPACK displayes the number of files found in the given path. Not all
- files have to be archives.
- 3.4 Options
- 3.4.1 Delete archives
- After correct extraction the archive-file will be deleted. This causes
- free place for the following archives.
- 3.4.2 Extract to folder
- To get some order you are able to decompress each archive to its own
- folder. You should use this option, but it may cause to much folders
- because some archives are compressed recurse.
- 3.4.3 Suppress TOS-output (quiet)
- With this mode no output will be made to your screen and the mouse-pointer
- will not be switched off. Some archive-programs don't have a quiet-option.
- 3.4.4 Warnings on errors
- After every error AUSPACK will display an alert-box with a message. Without
- warnings no archive will be deleted in error-case.
- 3.4.5 LOG-File: ________
- All output of AUSPACK may be redirected to a file.
- 3.4.6 Save configuration
- All options may be saved to a file AUSPACK.CFG.
-
- 3.5 Output during extraction
- During work all output by AUSPACK will be started with 'AUSPACKxx:'. 'xx'
- is a countdown. It starts with the number given at 3.3.3.
- 3.6 Errors during extraction
- Errors during extraction will be displayed when an archive program returns
- an error-code unlike 0. You can choose either if you want to continue or
- stop.
-
- 4. Archive-programs and their parameters
- 4.1 Known archiv-programs
- During installation AUSPACK recognizes archive-programs only when they are
- named as followed. Perhaps you have to rename them or enter the
- archiv-type before selecting the program. Known programs: ARC.TTP,
- LHA.TTP, LHARC.TTP, STZIP.TTP, UNARJ.TTP, ZOO.TTP and GZIP.TTP (with *.GZ
- as archives).
- 4.2 Recommended preselection of some archive-programs
- Replace archive-name with '$n'.
- 4.2.1 Normal mode with TOS-output
- ARC.TTP x archivename *.* (extract)
- LHARC.TTP x -r -m archivename *.* (extract recurse)
- ZOO.TTP x archivename (extract)
- ZIP.TTP -xr archivename *.* (extract recurse)
- LHA.TTP -x archivename (extract)
- UNARJ.TTP x archivename (extract)
- GZIP.TTP -dr archivename (extract)
- 4.2.2 'Quiet' mode without TOS-output
- ARC.TTP xwn archivename *.* (extract quiet)
- LHARC.TTP x -r -m -d archivename *.* (extract quiet recurse, yes, <2.01l)
- LHARC.TTP x -r -m -q archivename *.* (extract quiet recurse, yes, >2.01l)
- ZOO.TTP xq archivename (extract quiet)
- ZIP.TTP -xr archivename *.* >_TMP (extract redirection to file)
- LHA.TTP -xq archivename (extract quiet)
- UNARJ.TTP x archivename (extract, no quiet option)
- GZIP.TTP -drq archivename (extract quiet recurse)
- 4.3 Tested archiv-programs
- ARC.TTP 6.02ST,
- LHA.TTP 2.01,
- LHARC.TTP 2.01l, 2.20, 2.21, from 2.20 option '-d' deletes archives, now
- use '-q' for quiet mode!
- STZIP.TTP 2.0, 2.2,
- UNARJ.TTP 2.30GZ,
- ZOO.TTP 2.1
- GZIP.TTP 1.0.7
-
- 5. Acknowledgements
- I would like to thank Ruediger Grenda and Helmut Schilling for testing and
- motivation.
-
- 6. Contacting the author/copyrights
- If you would like to contact me with bug reports, suggestions or comments,
- you can do so through the following addresses (in order of personal
- preference):
-
- Internet: fred@edpt10.ikv.rwth-aachen.de
- MausNet: Fred Nicklisch@AC
-
- Mail: Fred Nicklisch, Berdoletstr.2, 52066 Aachen, Germany
-
- I have used routines by Olaf Meisiek/Interface/Shift (MyDials), Harald
- Siegmund (NKCC) and J.&D. Geiß/GEM Profi/Huethig Verlag (Modul global).
-
- I did my best to translate the german manual, but i had to shorten this
- version because of my limited knowledge. So if you want more information
- read the german manual too.
-
- I sincerely hope that you like and use this program. It is free, so you
- may distribute it any way you please, so long as the files in this archive
- remain unmodified and unseperated.
-
- ***** I'm not liable for damage/problems! Use it at your own-risk! *****
-