Archive Converter

Archive Converter. Version 1.20 freeware Copyright (c) WhiteTown Software 2000-2001. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WWW: http://www.whitetown.com Email: support@whitetown.com 1. About 2. ACVT.CFG 3. Command line 4. History 5. Support sites and contact info 1. About ~~~~~~~~~ The ACVT program (Archive Converter) is a converter of archives. The program supports practically any archives types, if, certainly, you have appropriate, archivers. The type of the necessary archive is set by the user, in rest rely on the ACVT program. ACVT extracts files from the source archive and packs them into the new archive, removing the original archive provided the output archive was successfully created. To adjust the program you can in the file of a configuration. ACVT can make descriptions for archivers also. The ACVT program exists in six variants: - DOS 16-bit acvt_dos.zip - DOS 32-bit acvt_pm.zip - OS/2 16-bit acvt_o16.zip - OS/2 32-bit acvt_o32.zip - Win32 console acvt_win.zip The console version and GUI version are completely compatible at a level of a configuration file ACVT.CFG. 2. ACVT.CFG ~~~~~~~~~~~~ In this file you can adjust parameters by default. ACVT.CFG must be in the current or in the same directory as ACVT.EXE (the file from the current directory has higher priority). All blank lines, and lines beginning with ';' are ignored. --- DefaultPacker - extension of default packer. Can accept any value from among described below. DefaultPacker ZIP --- Log file - to write the protocol of operation in .LOG-file. Can accept values Yes or No. Log Yes --- KeepTime - keep archive time. Can accept values Yes or No. If "No" - time will be current. KeepTime Yes --- Detect - Can accept values ID and Ext. If "ID", extension is ignored and only ID is used to detect archive type. Otherwise extension is used to detect archive type. Detect Ext --- ExistArchive - If target archive already exists skip it or overwrite. Can accept values Overwrite or Skip. ExistArchive Skip --- SourceArchive - Delete or keep source archive after success conversion. SourceArchive Delete --- BreakOnError - The value of this option tells ACVT whether to continue conversion with the next archive when error in the current archive is reported by archiver. Set this option to 'Yes' if you want ACVT to stop process archives when error occured. BreakOnError No --- Description - ACVT can update files descript.ion or files.bbs if exists or make description for repacked archives. Can accept values Update or No. Description Update --- Descfiles - Filenames, delimited by commas or spaces. Order of files of desriptions. Up to 10 files allowed. Descfiles descript.ion, files.bbs, --- Fileorder - Filenames, delimited by commas or spaces. Order of files with info about archive. Up to 10 files allowed. FileOrder file_id.diz, read.me, readme, readme.txt, readme.doc, read_me, readme.1st, --- File_id.DIZ - Actions with a file file_id.diz: 0 - No change 1 - Remove all symbols of semigraphic 2 - Replace all symbols of semigraphic with symbols ASCII 3 - Replace all symbols of semigraphic with blank. File_id.DIZ 0 --- Add <filename> - Specifies the name of the file which must be added to every repacked archive. Full pathname should be provided. Multiple "Add" strings are allowed. If first char of filename is '-', this line will be ignored. Add C:\ACVT\myarchiv.txt Add -C:\ACVT\readme.txt --- Del <filename> - Specifes file(s) that should not be placed into the repacked archive. Wildcards using is allowed. Root directory of the archive is assumed if no full path given. Multiple "Del" strings are allowed. If first char of filename is '-', this line will be ignored. Del *.tmp Del -*.bak --- Exec <OS command> - You can set up program call to process files extracted from the source archive before repacking. For instance, antivirus program to scan files for computer viruses. Should the program return non-zero exit code (ERRORLEVEL) the source archive will not be repacked and corresponding message will be placed into the log file ACVT.LOG. Multiple "Exec" strings are allowed. If first char of filename is '-', this line will be ignored. Exec C:\ANTIVIR\drweb.exe *.* /cl /nm Exec -somefile.exe *.* --- Archive options: Id OFFSET,ID bytes This parameter, even empty, should be first. OFFSET: is position in archive. Hexadecimal value from range 00-7F. ID bytes: 2-digit hex numbers not delimited with spaces. Ext - archive format extension (without dot). This is simultaneously parameter of the command line at converting archive. Pack - to pack files into the archive (create the archive) Unpack - to extract files from the archive Test - to test files in the archive Append - any string, which will be added to end of command line Pack, Unpack, Test. For compatibility with stupid archives. Example, for .ZIP archive format: Id 00,504b Ext ZIP Pack pkzip.exe -a -r -p -whs Unpack pkunzip.exe -e -d Test pkunzip.exe -t --- 3. Command line ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ACVT [ArcName] [Mask] [@FileList] [switches] ArcName/Mask - name of archive or mask. Multiple are allowed. FileList - list of files. Multiple are allowed. /??? - extension of destination archive. All extensions, listed in the file configurations, are allowable values. /id - detect achive files by ID. /ext - detect achive files by extension. /r[-] - convert archives in subdirectories. /k[+] - keep archive time. /t[-] - test archive after conversion. /d[+] - update description /d:[Drive:][Path] - destination subdirectory for archives. /md - make descriptions without convertion. /? - brief help. The parameters of the command line have the greater priority, than installation in the file of a configuration. Examples: ACVT *.rar /zip /r ACVT somefil1.ha somefil2.zip somefil3.arj /uc2 /k- ACVT *.* /id /d:C:\ARCHIVES ACVT @vc.lst ACVT /md *.zip 4. History ~~~~~~~~~~~ 01.09.2000 Version 1.00 - First public release. 02.20.2000 Version 1.10 - The output of statistics is added. 04.01.2000 Version 1.20 - Update descriptions. - Make descriptions. - Change file_id.diz. - Win32 GUI version released. 28.07.2001 Version 1.30 - Probably, it's the latest version. 5. 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