WinTAR - TAR (Tape ARchive) for Windows 1.22
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Written by William Cheung (wcheung@ee.ubc.ca)
Copyright (c) 1994 Cheung-Smith Ltd.
All Rights Reserved.

********** System Requirement **********

+ IBM-PC compatible 386 or better with at least 4MB RAM
+ Windows 3.1 or Windows for Workgroup
+ Windows Sockets pre-installed
+ Rexec daemon (using port 512) or Rsh daemon (using port 514) on 
  workstations running UNIX

********** File List **********

After unzipping this archive, you should receive the following files:

ctl3dv2.dll
licence.txt
readme.txt
wintar.exe
wintar.hlp
wintar.ini

********** Installation **********

Follow the instructions below for software installation:

1) Copy wintar.ini to your Windows installation directory, e.g. c:\windows
2) Move ctl3dv2.dll to your Windows installation directory under system\,
   e.g. c:\windows\system (Remember to remove ctl3dv2.dll from your WinTAR
   installation directory.)
3) Copy wintar.exe to a destination directory, e.g., c:\wintar
4) Make sure "winsock.dll" is in your DOS search path.
5) In your autoexec.bat, add the following line:
   set rshhost_dir=c:\etc
   where c:\etc can be replaced by a directory containing a host database
   file "hosts".  For MS TCP/IP, you must copy the file "hosts.sam" in the
   windows directory to "hosts" in the same directory, and replace "c:\etc"
   by "c:\windows".
6) Add wintar.exe to an existing program group.
7) Double click on the WinTAR icon and run the program.

********** Change Log **********

WinTAR 1.22:

1.  The blocking factor for a remote device is now properly set in the remote
    command for the first time.

2.  More warning messages are given, especially when an invalid value is
    entered.

3.  When you select a different log file and try to view it, WinTAR will
    open the currently selected log file as opposed to the original one
    during startup.

WinTAR 1.21:
1.  The blocking factor for a remote device is now properly set in the remote
    command.
2.  When double clicking a file in the Create Archive Dialog, the file is
    now displayed properly in the archive list.
3.  Fixed the "write xxx bytes short" error when FTP Software's PC/TCP
    winsock is used.
4.  Fixed various bugs in the toolbar buttons.
5.  Fixed a GPF bug when the message bar tries to display very long file
    names.

WinTAR 1.2: 
First public release

********** Bugs report **********

If you find any bugs in WinTAR, please email me at wcheung@ee.ubc.ca
and provide detailed information about the bug.  In addition, please 
specify the version of WinTAR that you are using.  A suggested bug 
report form is shown below:

Machine Type: (CPU, memory)
Windows Socket Vendor:
Windowing System:
Settings/Parameters in WinTAR you have used: 
(include the remote command if you are using a remote device)

Detailed description of the bug(s):

********** Some known bugs **********

+ There is a limit on the number of items you can put in the archive
  list box.  Therefore, if you backup a whole hard disk, you may notice
  that some files/directories towards the end of the archive are missing.
  (Note that the files/directories are only not visible.  This problem
  will be solved when a hierarchical display of the archive is implemented.)

+ The maximum size of a file name is 100 characters, including the
  slashes separating out the drive letter, the directory, and the file.

********** TODO List (For registered version) **********

+ Add hierarchical display of the archive.
+ Add an option to allow the user to save the "table of contents" of the
  archive locally so that opening an archive would be fast.
+ Add the capability of appending files/directories to an archive.
+ Add multi-volume support that is compatiable with GNU tar.
+ Add a simple scheduler to schedule hard-disk backup time.
+ Add drag-and-drop support.
+ Add long file-name (> 100 characters) support.
+ Allow the user to backup files selectively (archive bits, date range, etc.)
+ Allow the user to restore files to any directory.