Pack / Pack2

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Pack / Pack2
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Vendor IBM
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Download OS2Tk_4-5_2024-03-11.zip
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Pack.exe and Pack2 comes on the IBM OS/2 Toolkit package, usually installed at "C:\os2tk45\bin".


Procedure Sample

OK, so for anyone out there who may need this, or a possible future self of mine in a couple of years' time:

1. Unpack your archive file with the commands:

"Unpack oldapp.@ /SHOW > oldapp.txt" -- this will let you know the target paths for uncompressed files
"Unpack oldapp.@ ." will expand all files in the current dir (".")

2. Edit oldapp.txt. This might look like this

----8<--------8<--------8<--------8<--------8<--------8<--------8<----
oldapp.@
[...]
->\os2\dll\OldApp.dll
->\os2\help\OldApp.hlp
[...]
----8<--------8<--------8<--------8<--------8<--------8<--------8<----

and we need to transform that into something like this

----8<--------8<--------8<--------8<--------8<--------8<--------8<----
[...]
FixedApp.dll /H:\os2\dll\OldApp.dll
FixedApp.hlp /H:\os2\help\OldApp.hlp
[...]
----8<--------8<--------8<--------8<--------8<--------8<--------8<----

to rebuild the archive using the new files instead of the old ones, while keeping their target paths. Save the list as FixedApp.lst, and type:

"Pack FixedApp.lst OldApp.@ /L"

to pack everything back. You should be good to go. Pack2 shares the same syntax, apparently.

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