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Improvements and Fixes

This release is better than previous sets of PentaTextTools:

The MAXIMUM pattern and data size for GREPPES has been
increased.  PDGREPPE can have many more definitions, larger
pattern size and increased use of magic pattern terms.

All Text Tools have greater safety via pointer checking.

Options Added:

See file CHANGES.LOG

Fixes

These tools, like almost all others, are NOT perfect.

However they are close to what could be called a final release
version.

If You report bugs we will report the items fixed here...

Problems:

1.

Command did not work on Windows NT with an error message of

"The system cannot execute the specified program."

Solution:

This is because the command line went BEYOND 127 characters in
total length.  Try using a shorter command line or the option
"-jF<d>" that can extend the command line.  Or try using the
<PROGRAM>_OPTIONS environment variable to hold DEFAULT values
for each command for a Text Tool.

2.

Did not edit original files when Windows 9X was operating with
IFS Driver (long or alternate file names).

Problem fixed.  Added support for long file names under W9X
and above.

3.

PDGREPPE was too slow for searching at start or end of files
or if file size was not adequate for search.

Problem fixed.  A command line like

PDGREPPE -l -h "`PK\3\4" -X*.zip -r *:\

will quickly search ALL drives a: through z: (*:\) recursively
(-r) for files without a ZIP extension (-X*.zip) but with the
PKZIP file signature at the start of file ("`PK\3\4"), to
include hidden files (-h) and will list these (-l).

In so doing PDGREPPE shows which files could be PKZIP files but
perhaps have been renamed something else, possibly to escape
being detected as ZIP files.

Note:

Every set is given THOROUGH testing prior to release but
sometimes an error slips through.  We take special care to
investigate and correct any problem areas.

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