FWKCS(TM) Contents_Signature System, Ver. 1.12, 1991 Jul 18.
(C)Copyright Frederick W. Kantor 1989-1991. All rights reserved.
Your use of this program is at solely your own risk: PLEASE HAVE PROPER BACKUPS
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   (For prior revisions, see HISTORY.112)


   >> New or changed in FWKCS(TM) Version 1.12:


>> Revised assembly_language code for operation under IBM/MS DOS 5.00.

>> Added new automatic installation procedures, forming an integrated
   package:

             To use this, first do

                  PKUNZIP FWKCS112 GO.BAT <enter>

             then, in the same default directory with FWKCS112.ZIP,
             type

                  GO <enter>

             For many system configurations, installation can be
             accomplished with only a few keystrokes.

                   Added FWKHI(TM) Hexadecimal Input, a short .COM
                   program for use in .BAT programs (used in GO.BAT).
                   It accepts a single hexadecimal digit 0...F (upper
                   or lower case OK) as input, and provides that value
                   as an errorlevel for controlling .BAT programs.
                   (For on_line help, see FWKHI /h.)

>> Continued revision directed toward clarity and ease of use:

         Added 2 on_line help menus, CSM in the \CS Contents_Signature
         subdirectory, and CSAM in the \CSA Contents_Signature Activity
         place.

         All but one of the .BAT and .COM programs, as delivered, now
         provide their own built_in explanations, so that you don't
         have to find the docs. Instructions are provided as to how to
         make short versions, without on_line help, of 3 of the .BAT
         programs (e.g., for more efficient use as subroutines).

         Added left_margin notes to CONTENTS.112, indicating which .BAT
         and .COM programs accept  /*  as a request for on_line help,
         and which .BAT programs explain and pause (EP), explain and
         return to command line (ER), or execute directly without
         explaining (D).

         Examples have been included in FWKCS112.REF, showing how to
         use .BAT programs (provided in FWKCS112.ZIP) to accomplish
         many of the special features provided in assembly_language
         code in FWKCS.COM.

         Removed obsolete .BAT programs.

>> Added assembly_language_coded options for processing encrypted and
   defective zipfiles.
   See /a3 and /a4 option kN, and /a5 options  kN  ke,enc;  kf,fzt; .

>> Added to the error_messages delivered when FWKCS finds a defective
   contents_signature or a defective sorted ASCII file, so that a
   sample including the defect is reported as part of the error_message.

>> Added Auxiliary Function /a7.4 (and option /up, below) and
   Rcrosref.bat for processing contents_signature cross_reference(s)
   found in BBS replies to LOOKUP (see LOOKUP.DOC).

>> Added macro [f] (can be seen by doing  FWKCS /d <enter>), and
   removed a non_executable display line from top.  This provides an
   additional 73 bytes, for a total of 365 bytes of user_settable
   command_line macros.  Revised KEEPMACS.BAT for additional macro [f].

>> Added /revert command, to reset all /d values to their initial
   defaults in one step.  Revised REVERT.BAT accordingly.

>> Added /up option, to accept only contents_signature lines which pass
   the same tests used for /vp. (Used in Rcrosref.bat for selecting
   unique contents_signature(s) for remote follow_up on contents_
   signature cross_reference(s). See LOOKUP.DOC.)

>> Changed the string_search S_*.BAT programs, to provide automatic
   removal of fully duplicate lines. This can simplify design of string
   searches.  See SETUP.112 re S_SETUP.BAT, S_NEWCSL.BAT, and
   S_REVCSL.BAT.

>> Replaced 1_MACS.BAT and 2_MACS.BAT with a more versatile CSAMACS.BAT.
   Added automatic setting of path for uploads directory in CSAMACS.BAT.
   Shortened subdirectory names, renamed work place set up by above
   CSAMACS.BAT to be created as \CSA Contents_Signature Activity place
   (a subdirectory with 11 further subdirectories, .BAT and .COM
   programs, and literature).

>> Added suboption x0 under /a5, to make ASCII output files (no PCBoard
   @codes) named PASS.TXT and FAIL.TXT rather than PCBPASS.TXT and
   PCBFAIL.TXT.

>> Added /a5,/a6 suboption gc, which cancels any g option setting
   appearing before it on the command_line. (used in LUT.BAT)

>> Revised BANAV.BAT, LISTAV.BAT, and TESTAV.BAT to prepare a local
   copy of the file being processed and strip the zipfile comment
   before calling FWKCS. This is to protect against a certain kind of
   abuse of the zipfile comment and the AVEXTRA.TXT together.

>> Revised FWKDSA(TM) Directory Spacing Adjust ("DSA.COM") to reformat
   relatively large directory listings, and incorporated on_line help.
   For on_line help, type  DSA /h <enter>.

>> Revised .BAT programs to specify "Ctrl+C", rather than
   "Control_Break", for use in quitting (in response to a PAUSE).

>> Modified UPSYSOP.BAS to include choice of suppressing 'Uploaded by' 
   line in (PCBoard) graphics mode; choice of adding an extra, 'blank' 
   line for vertical spacing.

   Corrected a typo on the first help screen of FWKCS.