[comp.sys.apple] undocumented fatures

nicholaA@moravian.EDU (03/13/89)

There are a few undocumented features (2) in II+ UnShrinkIt that I should
mention before I fall asleep here:

II+ UnShrinkIt will test for corrupted archives while it is listing the
contents of that archive.  In ShrinkIt 1.1, if you try to list the contents
of a corrupted archive, ShrinkIt will freak out and display garbage.  Almost
the same holds true for the (U)nshrink function -- it, too will display
garbage.  II+ UnShrinkIt differs in that it will stop at the first
corrupted header in the archive which it finds and only allow you to 
selectively extract from those uncorrupted records *BEFORE* the corrupted
record.  ShrinkIT 1.1's strange behavior has been fixed and will be
apparent in a future version.

To get a prompted extraction on an Apple II+, press "P" while II+ UnShrinkIT
is listing the archive.  An inverse asterisk ("*") will apear beside the
filename.  Otherwise, pressing <Open-Apple>-Space will allow for prompted
extraction.  Just pressing <space> will allow for unprompted extraction.

Yes, II+ ShrinkIT is being worked on... just not at this moment.  I'll have
the staff contact me in the morning. :-)

andy

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