XPACK is an EXE/COM/SYS Executable file compressor. This program
compresses most DOS executable files. Compressed programs use less disk space because they
are much smaller, yet they run EXACTLY as before.
XPACK also allows a compressed diskette image to be created for electronic transmission.
The compressed diskette image can be transmitted with the use of a modem on regular phone
line, or any other electronic networks. It can be used to archive diskette images on hard
drives or tapes. This guarantees the contents of the diskette to be the same as the
original -- including all directory structures, date and time stamps of all the files and
directories. This is useful for archiving bootable diskettes, too.
XPACK is also a powerful file compressor with RAM resident transparent expander (XPACK
OnLine DeCompression System), which gives painless access to compressed files. This is
done by intercepting DOS calls, allowing applications to read compressed files just as
before. Just put a command (XPACK -z) to load XPACK into the AUTOEXEC.BAT file and forget
it.