EZCOMP for DOS Version 2.0
                        Written by John McNamara
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This program is released as FREEWARE.  Which means its free to distribute,
to anyone you want.  However it is copyrighted and can not be changed,
modified, renamed, dissasembled or in anyway reverse-engineered.

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  COMPRESS.EXE       - Unix Compress for DOS, version 2.0
    EZCOMP.DOC       - Unix Compress for DOS Documentation
   FILE_ID.DIZ       - EZCOMP 2.0 Description
         D.EXE       - Dos "dir" replacement 

Compress typed by itself with no command line parameters produces
the following help screen.

Usage: compress [-dcVfvCn][-b maxbits] <file>
  -d:  Decompression is done instead. 
  -c:  Write output on stdout, don't remove original. 
  -C   generate output compatible with UNIX compress 2.0
  -V:  Print Current Version
  -n:  No header info, only for processing OLD compress files
  -b:  Limit Number of bits/code. (12 - 16) default is 16 bits
  -f:  Forces Overwrite, even if file can't Be compressed
  -v:  Write compression statistics (Verbose)
file:  Files to be compressed.  If none specified, stdin is used. 
 Outputs: 
      file.Z:     Compressed form of file with same mode, owner, and utimes 
      or stdout   (if stdin used as input) 
 
 Assumptions: 
     -When filenames are given, replaces with the compressed version 
      (.Z suffix) only if the file decreases in size. 
     -Filenames can NOT have an extention before compressing them. 
     -Filenames WILL have a .Z extention before decompressing them. 

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Ezcomp is a fully unix compatible compress for dos.  It uses flat
memory address space for execution. (linear addressing)  Ezcomp runs
in 386 Protected mode and therefor requires a 386 or greater class
machine to funtion properly.  This document will not go into the usage
of unix compress.

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Due the filename limitation in dos 8x3 unix files loaded onto dos machines
are usually chopped down.  Most DOS BBS's will convert filenames from 
unix saomewhat in tis manner:   UNIX: macfile.tar.Z  -> DOS: MACFILE.TAZ
Some DOS BBS's use a slightly different extention: .TZR .TZ but 
whatever the extention the method is the same.

Uncompressing.............
rename the file i.e. MACFILE.TAZ to MACFILE.Z and uncompress it with
the following command line:   compress -d macfile.Z  OR compress -d macfile
this will strip the .Z off the end of the file.

Compressing...............
rename the file i.e. MACFILE.TAR to MACFILE and uncompress it with
the following command line:   compress macfile 
this will add the the .Z extention to the file.  

You can use UNIX compatible tars to pipe in the compress at the same time.
EZcomp converts stdin to binary mode to handle this and allows for
redirection.


If you have any questions, feel free to contact the author at
MŽC's Place BBS.   919-891-1111



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- To all my BETA testers who are too numerous to list here.  
- To all the folks who originally converted Compress for unix 
  to the DOS arena and released the source into public domain.  
  I have borrowed much from you.  
- This is also a free product, send NO money, if you want 
  to say thank you spread this program around to as many
  BBS's as possible so others may beifit and call my BBS 
  to check it out.

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Now for the legal stuff:


  EZCOMP (C) Copyright 1992        MŽC's Place BBS
                                   John W. McNamara
                                   All Rights Reserved

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