Date   : Sun, 28 Dec 1986100:28:00-MST
From   : Walt Lamia <LAMIA@dec-marlboro.ARPA>
Subject: Modified version of VMSSWEEP.FOR available

Now available from SIMTEL20...

Filename                       Type     Bytes   CRC

Directory PD:<MISC.VAXVMS>
VMSSWEEP.FOR.28                        ASCII    53386  ED78H

I have modified V2.7 of VMSSWEEP to extend the EXTRACT and VIEW
functions to process all of the members of library.  It does this by
accepting at the member number prompt a number greater than the
maximum number of members, and interpreting this as "all members".
The prompt indicates this option by suggesting "(9999 for all)".

It also fixes a problem in which unacceptable VMS file names were
generated if the member names had the 8th bit set.  I don't know how
such libraries got created in the first place, but this version strips
8th bits off of the file names.

This version does NOT correctly handle members CRUNCHed with the
latest LZW algorithm, which typically have names of the form "*.?Z?".
VMSSWEEP will hang on these files.

Incidentally, V2.7 corrected the problem with some .ARC libraries
which caused older versions to report CRC errors.  This showed up in
the DRACO libraries.

I have taken the liberty of naming this version V2.8.

Walt Lamia