README.DOC July 1993


This archive contains ARJ version 2.41a. This is a full featured
shareware release. The use of ARJ in a business, commercial,
government or institutional environment requires a license.

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*** PLEASE READ UPDATE.DOC FOR CHANGES. THIS IS IMPORTANT! ***
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This software as originally released by the author came in an ARJ
self-extracting archive with an ARJ-SECURITY envelope to prevent
tampering. Re-archival of this software will lose this security
feature.


MAJOR FEATURES OF ARJ INCLUDE:

ARJ is currently a trend setter in PC file archivers.

ARJ 2.41a currently provides excellent file compression in terms of
resulting archive size and speed.

ARJ has the option to create multiple volume archives with one
command making ARJ useful for making backups to multiple floppies or
archiving a very large file to several floppies without "SLICE"ing.

A myriad of commands and options to provide ummatched flexibility in
archiver usage.


THIS ARCHIVE CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING FILES:

ARJ241a.EXE - An ARJ-SECURED self-extracting archive containing the
following files:

ARJ.DOC - ARJ user manual
ARJ.EXE - Version 2.41a
ARJ_BBS.DOC - List of ARJ support BBSes
ARJ$DISP.EXE - Demonstration display program
ARJDISP.BAT - Demonstration display batch file
ARJDISP.DOC - Description of new ARJ display feature
ARJSORT.BAT - Sort archive by various parameters
ARJSORT.COM - Compiled ARJSORT.BAT file
ARJSORT.DOC - ARJSORT user manual
CREDIT.CRD - Form for handling credit card orders
ERRORS.DOC - Description of ARJ error messages.
INTRO.DOC - Introduction for new users of ARJ.
LICENSE.DOC - License policy for ARJ
ORDERFRM.DOC - Order form for ARJ
README.DOC - This file
REARJ.CFG - Default REARJ configuration file
REARJ.DOC - REARJ user manual
REARJ.EXE - Archive conversion utility
REGISTER.EXE - Program to register ARJ programs
UPDATE.DOC - Update to ARJ user manual
WHATSNEW.DOC - Changes to ARJ from 2.20
WHY_ARJ.DOC - ARJ commercial message
ARJBACK.BAT - Batch file to fully backup C: to A:
ARJREST.BAT - Batch file to restore to C: from A:
ARJINCR.BAT - Batch file to incrementally backup C:
REARJALL.BAT - Batch file to REARJ ZIP, LZH to ARJ.
TESTARJ.BAT - Batch file to test system compatibility.

To install the ARJ software, simply copy ARJ.EXE, REARJ.EXE, REARJ.CFG,
and ARJSORT.COM to one of the directories named in your DOS PATH
statement found in your AUTOEXEC.BAT.

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