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From: kolesar@plains.NoDak.edu (Joe Kolesar)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Possible ShrinkIt addition???
Keywords: shrinkit
Message-ID: <10014@plains.NoDak.edu>
Date: 27 Apr 91 19:25:13 GMT
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In article <9104271647.AA02207@carroll1.cc.edu> acct069@carroll1.cc.edu (Ron) writes:

> [stuff deleted]

>I was wondering if it'd be possible to implement a scripting langauge into
>ShrinkIt, so all you'd have to do is tell ShrinkIt to execute the commands
>located in a file.  The commands would tell ShrinkIt while sub-directory
>to archive, what files, or all files, and then tell it where to place the
>archive.  Maybe even be able to tell ShrinkIt to display a message telling
>the user to insert the next disk.

>I dunno, maybe it's impracticle, but it's been tossing around in my head,
>so I thought I'd get some input on it.

Yes, this would be impracticle on the 8-bit version of Shrinkit, as the code
is already packed into a small enough area of memory, but perhaps not for 
GS-Shrinkit.  What may be the easiest way would be for Andy to make GSHK
as a shell executable, then you could write batch files, something to the
tune of:

GSHK -pack archive.shk directory
echo "insert next disk"
etc...

MS-DOS and Unix systems have been doing this for years (sorry to make the
comparison).

>Ron                      | Lightning Systems, INC. | Apple // Forever!

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