[arachne] Re: OT: Unzipper helper for DOS Controller
- From: Glenn Gilbreath Jr. <wizard57m@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: arachne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <arachne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2006 20:27:55 -0600
Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club!
I use AVIEW, originally written for Norton Commander,
freeware, very flexible, even allows to view, add, delete,
even scan for viruses with scanner of choice. Can't
remember where I found it though...have the installation
files somewhere??
Wiz <{;-)
At 11/11/06 8:50:00 PM, you wrote:
>Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club!
>
>On Sun, 12 Nov 2006 11:51:59 +1100, Ron Clarke wrote:
>
>> Hi Folks,
>
>> A bit off-topic (although there has been some traffic about ZIP files).
>
>> I have just written a small (38 k) helper for DOS Controller (and CLI) that
>> extracts a .ZIP file to a subdirectory. This allows DOS Controller (DC) to
>> mimic the Midnight Commander menu item: extract to subdirectory. Piggy-backs
>> on PKUNZIP, but easier to use (in my view at least). Makes a subdirectory of
>> the same name and extracts with full directory structure.
>
>> Find it at: http://www.ausreg.com/files/u2sub.zip
>
>> Regards,
>> Ron
>
>Great idea Ron... thank you.
>
>That sounds vaery similar to 'Fast Inflate'
>which I have been using for many years.....
>
>http://home.att.net/~short.stop/freesoft/arc3.htm
>
>ftp://ftp.sac.sk/sac/pack/fasti18.zip
>
>_______________________________________________________________________
>
>FAST INFLATE v1.8
>Written by Brad Bahr 1994
>
> Internet e-mail address: brad.bahr@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>*********************************************************************************
>
> QUICK START: TO UNZIP A DIRECTORY FULL OF ZIPs AND/OR ARJs INTO THEIR
> OWN INDIVIDUAL SUBDIRECTORIES:
>
> 1) PUT FASTI.EXE AND DIRZIP.BAT IN YOUR DOS PATH,
> 2) GO TO THE SUBDIRECTORY OF ARCHIVES, AND SIMPLY
> TYPE "DIRZIP." (NONE OF YOUR ORIGINAL ZIPS WILL BE
> DELETED WITH THIS OPTION, AND ALL SUBDIRS WILL HAVE
> THE SAME NAME AS THE RESPECTIVE ARCHIVE!)
>
>*********************************************************************************
>
> Fast Inflate is being Distributed as FREEWARE.
> The most recent version of this program can always be found on:
> Corpsoft BBS in Romeoville, Illinois at (815) 886-3233 or (815) 886-9381
>
> You may use this program as long as you like, providing it is
> not modified and then distributed in any way. Please feel free
> to share this program with your friends and upload to your
> favorite BBS's.
>
> I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT IF YOU WOULD UPLOAD
> THIS PROGRAM TO AS MANY BBS'S AS POSSIBLE. THANKS.
>
> By using this program the user agrees to the following terms:
>
> The author of this program will not in any way be liable for
> any damages caused by the use or misuse of this program.
> This program is being provided as is with no warranty being
> either expressed or implied. Use at your own risk.
>
> Depending on what type of files you will be working with,
> this program will require one or more of the following files.
>
> PkUnzip.exe, Arj.exe, Lha.exe & scan.exe f-prot.exe deltree.exe
>
> Put these programs in a directory listed in your path.
>
> Program Description:
>
> If you are in a hurry to get started, just type "fasti ?" at the
> dos prompt for a quick preview of commands.
>
> Fast Inflate is to be used to automatically Uncompress all files with
> the extension ZIP, ARJ and LZH in the current directory. The contents
> of each file will be put into it's own subdirectory.
>
> How the program works:
>
> 1. The program will look for all filenames with the extension .ZIP,
> .ARJ and .LZH in the current directory.
>
> 2. When the first file is found, it's name will be read and stored
> in a search record. A subdirectory will be created with the same
> name as the file.
>
> 3. The contents of the file will be uncompressed into this
> subdirectory.
>
> 4. The program will then look for the next file and so on.
>
> 5. If you also want to scan the executable files contained in the
> compressed files, just type [ fasti scan ] or [ fasti s ]
> When all the files are uncompressed, scan.exe will scan all the
> files in all the new directories created by fasti.
> Scan will be executed as "scan /sub /nomem".
>
> Note: Scan.exe is a shareware Virus Scanning program by McAfee, Inc.
> Search for "Scan" or "Mcafee" on a BBS near you.
>
> 6. If you would rather use F-prot.exe to scan for viruses, just type
> fasti f instead of fasti s.
> F-prot will be executed as "f-prot /nomem /all".
>
> Note: F-prot.exe is a shareware Virus Scanning program.
> Search for "F-prot" on a BBS near you.
>
> 7. Type: fasti s p
> or: fasti f p
> to pause after scanning until the user hits the RETURN key.
>
> Note: The P command must be used with either the "s", "scan", "f",
> "o" or "of" command.
>
> Press the escape key at any time during the operation of Fasti to
> cancel and return to dos.
>
> Type [ fasti o ] or [ fasti O ] to "Only" scan a directory for viruses
> with Scan.exe, without uncompressing any files.
>
> Type [ fasti of ] or [ fasti OF ] to "Only" scan a directory for viruses
> with F-prot.exe, without uncompressing any files.
>
> When the program executes Pkunzip, it uses only the -n and -d
> paramaters.
> -n extracts only newer files. This way if you are in a directory
> that you ran the program in before, it will just skip the files
> that have already been extracted into a subdirectory.
> -d restores the directory structure if any, that is stored in the
> zip file.
>
> When the program executes Arj, it uses the following commands:
> x -u -jyc
>
> When the program executes Lha, it used the following commands:
> x
>
> USING THE PRUNE FEATURE:
>
> After running fasti, you may end up with quite a few subdirectories,
> depending on how many compressed files you have in your current
> directory. After you look through all the files, and move the ones
> you want to keep somewhere else, you can now just type "fasti prune"
> to get rid of all the subdirectories created by fast Inflate.
>
> EXAMPLE: Let's say you are in a directory called "newstuff". You have
> twenty .zip files, ten .arj files and five .lzh files. You type in the
> command "fasti f p". Fasti.exe will uncompress all the files, scan them
> for viruses using the program F-Prot and then pause until you read the
> screen and hit the enter key. Now you look through all the different
> subdirectories and find some new programs you like, then copy them to
> wherever you will be keeping them. Great, the only problem now is that
> you have thirty five subdirectories under the current directory
> "newstuff". Now, what I used to do, was to move all the compressed files
> in "newstuff" to another directory and then just prune it using deltree.
>
> This worked, but became rather tiring after a while, so I decided to
> incorporate the use of the deltree program into the fasti program.
> Now you can just go to "newstuff", making it the current directory,
> and type "fasti prune". That's it. All the compressed files will still
> be in "newstuff" but the thirty five subdirectories will be gone.
>
> Note: You may also type "fasti prune /a" if you would like to be
> asked before deleting each subdirectory.
>
> WARNING: Just a word of caution. When you use the prune command, Fasti
> will look through the current directory and delete any
> subdirectory that has the same name as any .zip, .arj or .lzh
> files it finds under the current directory. In other words,
> don't create any new subdirectories under "newstuff" that have
> the same name as one of the compressed files or it will be
> deleted when you use the prune command.
>
> Feel free to rename the program to something easier to type.
> I use I.exe
>
> Who needs Fast Inflate ?
> Anyone who calls BBS's
> As soon as I exit my comm program I usually go to my download
> directory and take a look at all the zip files I just downloaded.
> Fast Inflate makes it simple to try out your new programs.
> Just go to your download directory and type fasti to run the program.
> All the programs will now be uncompressed into their own subdirectory
> for you to look at or try out. If you decide to keep the programs
> you can move them somewhere else or delete them if you don't like
> them. After checking out new programs I usually move all the new zips
> to my upload directory and leave my download directory empty for the
> next time I call a BBS.
>
> This program can also be used in a batch file so everything runs
> automatically. Maybe something like this.
>
> @echo off
> cd\qmodem
> qmodem
> cd\qmodem\downloads
> fasti s
> copy *.zip c:\qmodem\uploads
> del *.zip
>
> If you are using a dos shell, make sure you have enough memory to run
> the scan program.
>
> Try it out for yourself, I think you'll like how much easier it makes
> BBSing.
>
> This program is freeware for those who don't have any extra money for
> registrations. Use the program as long as you like. If you are able to
> make a small donation towards the development of more programs, please
> see the mail.me file. If you have already made a donation for a
> previous version of this program, it is not necessary to donate again.
> Thank you.
>
> Some names mentioned may be trademarks of their respective
> copyright holders.
>
> Brad
>_______________________________________________________________________
>
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