This package contains Z-System programs and utilities useful in library and
archive operations. To round out the package, a number of standby CP/M prog-
rams are also included (marked with an asterisk after the filename). In
preparing the package, I've tried to select the most up-to-date and useful of
library/archive tools. Programs were NOT included if their functions were
felt to be duplicated or improved upon in more recent and modernized tools.
Such decisions were as follows:
Certain tools with the same function, however, WERE included if one was
felt to have some unique, valuable feature. For example, while LDIR-B is the
preferred LBR-directory lister, LLF has the added ability to report member-
file CRCs and member-file indices. While UNZIP15 is the preferred unZIPper,
UNZIP099 has the unique ability to extract from SFX (self-extracting) ZIP
files. While ZLT15 is the preferred library "typer", LT30 has the ability to
extract a file to a specified DU.
VLU108 is included even though many complain of its limitations and, in
particular, problems in preserving datestamps. The development of VLU was
never fully completed and, depending on your system, it may or may not work
reliably as a LBR shell. Still, there are those who like its ZFILER-like
interface and other features (e.g., its handy way of making Crunch comments).
For building LBRs, LPUT is a more reliable tool, is lightning fast, versatile
and command-line oriented. LPUT and LBREXT, used either from the command line
or in a combination of ZFILER macros and ARUNZ scripts, are probably the
safest Z-System tools to use in building and dissolving LBR files.
The following groupings are more or less as you will find them on the
distribution disks (some files may have been moved around to fill your partic-
ular disk format). Each list below contains the filename, its size in Khz,
and a brief description. Group #1 consists basically of LBR-member handling
utilities: directory listers, file finders, typers, extractors, etc. Group
#2 provides utilities for handling ARC, ARK, ZIP and ZOO files, and Group #3
contains major library shell programs (including VLU and NULU) and miscellan-
eous programs.
Group #3: Library shell-type utilities; miscellaneous
LU310 .LBR* - 47k <- the standard, and still most reliable, LBR manager
LUSH12 .LBR - 24k <- library utility shell which makes use of Z3 environment
LUDEF5 .DQC* - 8k <- explains internal structure of LBR files
LX22 .LBR - 48k <- executes a .COM file from within a specified LBR
NULU152A.LBR* - 55k <- complete LBR file manager (replaces LU and LSWEEP)
VLU108 .LBR - 46k <- ZCPR3 library shell which accesses files by pointer
ZLUX27 .LBR - 74k <- ZCPR3 shell for RCP/Ms; imitates the functions of LUX
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