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user documentation E_WISE Veit Kannegieser
ðððððððððððððððððððððððððððððððððððððððððððððððððððððððððððððððððððððððððð
usage:
ÍÍÍÍÍÍ
E_WISE <WISE-Setup-EXE> <target directory>
example:
E_WISE M:\SETUP.EXE E:\TEST
The idea for E_WISE comes from EXWISE / Andrew de Quincey
(adq@tardis.ed.ac.uk, http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~adq).
my version
- reimplemented in Pascal
- can handle more WISE-versions
- can retrive filenames and date/time
after program usage you will find in target directory:
- ????????.EWI: unpacked data
- 00000000.TXT: reference of ????????.EWI and quessed filename
- 00000000.BAT, (DOS) \ to rename ????????.EWI
00000000.CMD: (OS/2) / and move to subdirectories
problems:
ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ
* HPFS filesystem recommended (long file/directory names)
* thhere exist packages where one filename is used multiple times
(example: multilingual README.TXT)
* if you want unpack an executable sliced onto muliple diskettes
you must rebuild one singe file for E_WISE:
copy A:\setup.exe s.exe
copy /b s.exe + A:\setup.w01
copy /b s.exe + A:\setup.w02
and then unpack
e_wise s.exe x\
Frequently asked question: Can you help me making an setup.exe from unpacked
files ? The problem is not the compression procedure (zip/inflate), but the
data format of the directory file. It differs each version. And i do not
want my time spend for an user unfriendly archive format/target platform.
changes:
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ð 2000.02.11..2000.02.29
þ processing of version NE/$3e10 added
þ processing of version NE/$3bd0 and NE/$3c10 added
þ Support for selfextracing selfextractors ..
þ improved filename recognition
ð 2000.03.01
þ corrected PE/$6e00with relocations
ð 2000.08.21
þ processing of version NE/$3770 added
þ accept readonly files
ð 2000.10.12
þ corrected missing zeroes in last packed file
ð 2002.02.11
þ added NE/$84b0, use /DEBUG to bypass bad blocks
ð 2002.03.26
þ added NE/$3c20
ð 2002.03.29
þ added PE/6e00;$3d04
þ reads known formats from e_wise.ini
ð 2002.07.01
þ protect "&" char in filenames
þ NE/37B0
þ added partial support for patch format
þ append numbers to equal filenames