FAST_Z

          Copyright 1987 by Centurion Software Corp, Stone Mountain, GA
                    Released for public use and distribution
                               All rights reserved

        This  program  will remove the control-Z characters from  a  file 
        without  re-copying  the  file (no  .BAK  file).   The  control-Z 
        characters  are  replaced  by  another  character.   The  program 
        defaults  to  insert  a space (hex 20), but the  default  can  be 
        overridden with the -C option on the command line.  After the -C, 
        place the hexadecimal code to be inserted, for example:
         
            fast_z c:\file\opus\dir.bbs -c0d

        will  replace  all  of  the  control-Z  characters  with   return 
        characters.  The -C option may be specified with a - or a /,  and 
        may  be  upper or lower case.  The hex digits, likewise,  can  be 
        upper or lower case A-F or a-f.

        Since  it  doesn't  create a backup file,  and  only  replaces  a 
        control-Z when it finds one, it should run faster than strip_z on 
        large  files.  Also, it doesn't stop at the first  control-Z  and 
        will process to the physical end-of-file (as recorded in the  DOS 
        directory).

        Notes:
        1) Wildcards are not supported.
        2) If a control-z is found at the end of the record (preceded  by 
        a cr/lf), then the space (or user specified character) is written 
        BEFORE the cr/lf, that is, the sequence cr/lf/ctl-z is replace by 
        space/cr/lf.
        3) If  a  control-z  is  found after a line  feed  which  is  NOT 
        preceded  by a return, then the lf/ctl-z sequence is replaced  by 
        space/lf (or whatever the replacement character is).

        This  small program is released for public use  and  distribution 
        by:

                 Centurion Software Corp.
                 3917 Garfield Drive
                 Stone Mountain, GA  30083

                 OPUS 133/18