From:	MERC::"uunet!WKUVX1.BITNET!FILESERV-Mgr" 10-APR-1992 11:56:53.45
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Subj:	FILESERV_TOOLS.README

Package FILESERV_TOOLS contains the following files:

DEHEXIFY.MAR        A small MACRO-32 program that converts hexified files
                    back to their original form.

    To use this program, simply assemble it and link it:

    $ MACRO DEHEXIFY
    $ LINK DEHEXIFY

    When you RUN DEHEXIFY, it prompts for the file name of the .HEX file.


LZDCMP.HEX          A hexified copy of the LZDCMP program, which is used
                    to decompress files that have been compressed with
                    LZCOMP.

    To use this program, run it through DEHEXIFY, then define a "foreign
    command" symbol:

    $ lzdcmp :== $disk:[directory]LZDCMP


Some of the packages available from this FILESERV are BACKUP savesets that
have been compressed, hexified, then split into multiple files with
VMS_SHARE. To get back the original BACKUP saveset for a package, first
concatenate all the parts together into one file (which is a command
procedure) and execute it.  This will provide the .HEX file.  Then run
that file through the DEHEXIFY program to get the .BCK_Z (compressed
saveset) file. Finally, decompress the saveset with the command:

    $ lzdcmp  package.BCK_Z  package.BCK

Then you can use the BACKUP command to list or retrieve the files in the
saveset, for example:

    $ BACKUP/LIST  package.BCK/SAVE_SET