Short: Bugfix of the best ->LZX repacker, GUI! Author: avallino@ufr.lirmm.fr (Andrea Vallinotto) Uploader: steptoe@thescrapyard.demon.co.uk (Geoff Crankshaw) Type: util/arc Requires: OS2.0+, reqtools.library and rexxreqtools.library, LZX 1.20 and various unarchivers Replaces: util/arc/Repack35b.lha Version: 3.6 This is Repack version 3.6, a bugfix of version 3.5b Note : Sorry to Andrea,but I have never been able to get this script to work as it should,when repacking LZX archives. This has been a MAJOR problem,seeing as I wanted the script to compress all 4500 PD archives,and using the individual directories by hand takes AGES... I did it about 3 years ago !!!! :-) I've also made the docs a lot more easier to understand. I can't be bothered to convert it to a guide... Well,not yet anyway New in version v3.6 - updated by me (Steptoe) - fixes problem with LZX repacking,using multi_select. Now works,but not a very neat way of doing it - see LzxRePack.readme about the problem,or was it just me and my system ??? New in version 3.5b: - fixed broken code that prevented correct use with multi-archives. Now it work as it should. - fixed Tar-gzipped extraction and managment. Repack stands for: Recursive Enhanced Pratical Archive Conversion Kit. It's an Arexx script that converts entire directories of archives of various formats to LZX. It's better than any other similar LZX repacker because: - all the operating parameters can be chosen through Reqtools requesters or on the command line. - it repacks archives RECURSIVELY! This comes very useful if you need to convert those distribution made of many .lha files archived together. - can handle most of the used archivers|packers: Lha, Arc, Zoo, Pak, Zip, Arj, Rar, Xarc, Hpack, Gzip, Tar, Tar-gzipped. - works either on single files or entire directories. - is SAFE! If anything goes wrong while repacking, no harm will be done to the original files. - includes a special option, called 'BBS mode' made especially for BBS like DLG-pro or C-Net; if this mode is enabled, Repack will copy the original comment and datestamp of the old archive to the new .LZX . - there's also a one-shot single-file version useful for C-Net systems. - works even with nasty file and directories names that includes spaces. - can recurse through sub-directories. - has an add-and-omit files option (to get rid of or add #?.displayme kind of files - see doc!). - can take advantage of the registered version of LZX. - has a log file. It's FREEWARE so enjoy!!! ============================= Archive contents ============================= Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- ------------- 1324 685 48.2% 30-Dec-98 20:35:36 +repack.ano 2215 1052 52.5% 31-Dec-98 09:06:18 lzxrepack.readme 17666 7059 60.0% 08-Feb-97 15:01:48 repack.doc 27371 8032 70.6% 30-Dec-98 20:53:30 repack.rexx 17666 6070 65.6% 08-Feb-97 14:33:02 repack.rexx.bbs 1252 646 48.4% 30-Dec-98 20:42:28 repack.rexx.info 2600 1377 47.0% 30-Dec-98 20:45:00 repack36.readme 2078 920 55.7% 30-Dec-98 20:54:50 repack_multiselect.rexx 3390 921 72.8% 08-Feb-97 14:10:48 repack_multiselect.rexx.info -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- 75562 26762 64.5% 31-Dec-98 16:07:38 9 files