WHATSNEW.DOC October 1995
This lists the user visible changes to ARJ since ARJ 2.30.
ARJ 2.50
Added Internet mailing list and WEB site information to ARJ.DOC.
Added SYSOP special order form.
Added "-hv" option to check ARJ version number.
Added volume label option "-$" to the ARJSFXV module.
Added "-h#2" option to add "DHHMMSS" to archive name.
Fixed a few occurrences of corrupted text in ARJ.DOC.
Fixed memory usage with response file support.
Fixed a problem with "-jn" restart problem with foreign language
versions of ARJ.
ARJ 2.42c BETA_4 TEST release
Added limited working ARJSFX multiple volume feature.
Added temporary directory option to "-hm" switch to allow the use of
a RAMDISK directory for faster operation.
Moved test for existing ARJSFX file to the start of making an ARJSFX.
Changed "no change" update message to work only with the -jv option.
Added documentation for ARJSFX embedded command line feature.
Removed registration program from this release.
Removed ARJDEMO from this release.
Fixed hang in critical error handler routine.
Fixed blank directory bug with "-b" option of self-extractors.
Fixed hang of ARJ242B -d -y -*.
Fixed ARJDISP.BAT to use ARJ242C.EXE.
ARJ 2.42b BETA_3 TEST release
Added errorlevel information to ARJ /? display.
Fixed memory allocation problem for temporary filename when updating
archives. This bug would cause system hangs and/or display
garbage on the screen during updates.
Limited memory allocation for file lists to 16,000 filenames.
Fixed full pathname matching problem during archive updates.
Fixed ARJSFX directory creation problem.
Updated various ARJ documents.
ARJ 2.42a BETA_2 TEST release
Added "-b" option to ARJSFX module to prompt the user for an install
directory name.
Added "-b4" to allow extraction of files without setting any file
attribute bits. Added "-b5" to restore without setting any file
attribute bits except the archive bit.
Added ARJ response file option "@" allowing an ARJ command line to
be placed in a text file.
Added support for multiple volume self-extraction with a special
module that provides a limited set of extraction options.
Added "-f1" and "-u1" options to extract OLDER files rather than newer
files.
Added "-u2" option to extract files not existing in the target (new)
and files that are DIFFERENT than those in the target. This is
useful when trying to restore a directory to its original state.
Added "-hm" option to set ARJ to allow archiving up to 32,000 files
at one time by using a temporary file instead of memory for the
list of filenames.
Added "-hr" option to allow wildcarding to proceed without aborting
the processing of multiple ARJ archives containing errors.
Provided some customization features to the self-extraction modules
to embed command line options for registered users.
Added "-o" option to ARJSFX module to force overwrites, added "-w"
option to skip the extract prompt, added "-m" option to force
directory creation.
Added "-h#" and "-h#1" option to append the current date or time
string to the archive filename.
Added new display feature to allow graphical displays while using
ARJ, DEARJ, and ARJSFX.
Added recognition of "." representing no file extension for "-js"
option as in "-js." and "-js..arc".
Added "-ho" and "-ho1" options to allow an extraction based upon
finding or not finding a specified text string.
Added "i" modifier to "-v" switch to inhibit diskette change test
for those who put more than one multiple volume per diskette.
Added "-hn" option to specify the filespec that matches NO files
instead of using the "..." filespec. This is an issue with
NOVELL file servers.
Added "Updating <filename> no change" message when updating an
archive with files that are not newer.
Improved near memory space management to avoid "Out of near memory"
errors.
Changed the "-w" processing to always delete the archive and keep
the temporary archive during an aborted temporary file copying
phase.
Added capability of combining ARJ-SECURE authentication creation
with ARJ commands like "a", "f", "m", and "u". This does NOT
require the use of new envelope.key files.
Fixed problem with very long ARJ user registration names affecting
program execution (-v1440).
Changed filename matching to match along the full absolute pathname
during file selection for extraction type processing.
Changed ARJSFX to allow absolute pathname matching when ARJSFX
contains absolute pathnames (drive and root).
ARJ 2.41a
Fixed multiple displays of filenames when using "-hw" options.
Fixed software compatibility problem with PC-NFS 4.0.
Fixed y/n handling of critical error handler.
ARJ 2.41
Improved handling of "..." filename.
Added reset of method when using -t1 on a binary file.
Fixed processing of "-&" option.
Removed miscellaneous code in REGISTER.EXE.
Slightly improved compression size reduction.
Speeded up ARJ "l" command on systems with no disk cache.
Added yes/no query option to execute a DOS command.
Added "-hl" option to set ARJ to report file errors in listfiles
and to return a non-zero DOS errorlevel.
Modified to not update ARJ-SECURED version 1 or 2 archives.
Decreased memory requirements of storing and unstoring files.
Fixed ARJ so that ARJ a archive *.* will work on a NOVELL server.
Fixed file duplication when specifying only one filespec which happens
to be a listfile.
Fixed ARJ to return errorlevel 4 when trying to update a secured
archive.
Fixed "-b3" switch.
Fixed "-t1gf" and "-t1f" to force text mode under all conditions.
Fixed a number of document typographical and grammatical errors.
Simplified ARJSFX extraction display.
Added a display of file information during an "OK to overwrite" prompt.
Added a disk reset command after writing to a removable device.
Added a "-he" option to skip ARJ-SECURITY testing.
Added a "-he1" option to abort when processing an ARJ-SECURED archive.
Added a "-hx" option to specify default archive filename extensions.
Added archive date modified display.
Added a default critical error handler.
Added a new, more secure ARJ security envelope scheme.
Added command line parameter support to ARJSFXJR. ARJSFXJR now
supports directory specification, file overwriting, and extraction
of only new files.
Added "-b3" option to allow clearing of archive bits during extraction.
Added "-jr1" option to handle a more severely damaged archive.
Added SDN support.
Modified volume change prompt routine to detect the failure to remove
the diskette.
Removed error message when duplicate filenames arguments were specified
as in ARJ a test dum* dummy.
Modified the DEARJ volume change prompt to accept only YES, NO, or QUIT.
Fixed problem with ARJ not handling badly corrupted archives gracefully.
Fixed problem with leftover ARJTEMP.$* files on disk full errors.
Fixed problem where ARJ g -g? did not prompt twice for a password.
Added a warning to REARJ about using a virus scanner without specifying
a pathname.
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".
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 "-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.
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