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• I put PKZ204G.EXE into a pkzip directory where I expand it.
• you can also put pkzip into your path statement, this lets you use it anywhere, as long as your path statement is being read on boot.
• in the autoexec.bat look for the path statement.
• it will look something like PATH=C:\;C:\WINDOWS;
• with pkzip added it should look something this PATH=C:\;C:\WINDOWS\C:\PKZIP;
• PKZIP can be used from its own directory if you do not want to add it to your path statement.

To Compress Files. ( zip files )

• to compress files.
  pkzip A:\new name C:\files to be zipped

• to compress directorys\subdirectorys & files.
• this command can be used everytime. add -rp
  pkzip a:\new name -rp c:\directories to be zipped \*.*

• compress everything, max compression.
• this can be used everytime, unless you are finding errors.
  
• add -ex
  pkzip -ex a:\new name c:\what to compress

• compressing to muliti disk.
• when a file is to large for 1 disk.
• this switch will add it to more than 1 disk.
• this command can only be used when zipping to floppy disk & not to a hard disk.
• it would be a good idea to use the -rp everytime, ( if needed or not, its used to copy the directory structure ) but you must use the -d to restore directory, ( get into the habit ).
• add -&
  pkzip a:\new name -& c:\what to zip

• compressing file & directory structure.
• will keep file & directory structure.
• add -rp
  pkzip a:\file name -rp c:\what to zip

• -ex = max compression.
• -ex = more time to compress.
• -& = for more than 1 disk.
• -rp = will compress all directorys & subdirectorys, full or emply.
• all commands are from the pkzip directory unless pkzip is in the path.
• all commands need to be in lower case, upper case have another meaning.
• pkzip & pkunzip can be found on alot of drivers disk, you may already have it.

TO UNCOMPRESS FILES.

• have a place to unzip the files to, a newly created folder works great.
  pkunzip a:\zipped file c:\where you want it expanded to

• uncompressing directorys & subdirectorys.
• this command will put the directorys \ subdirectorys \ files back in order.
• you can use this command everytime.
• add -d
  pkunzip -d a:\zipped file c:\where you want it

• -d = this command will put the directorys \ subdirectorys \ files back in order.
• start with last disk first, ( it will tell you this ).
• all commands need to be in lower case, upper case have another meaning.

• to make a self extracting file.
• add zip2exe to file.
  a:\zip2exe zipped file

• zip2exe will add to the size of your file, make sure you have room for it.

• viewing file while compressed.
• to view a zipped file.
• add -v
  pkzip a:\zipped file -v

UPDATE ZIP FILES

• enter the following command in the directory path field
• PKZIP -& A:\UPDATE .ZIP[drive]: \[install_path]\ AVUPDATE\DRSOLUPD.ZIP.
• In place of [drive], insert the drive letter on which the program is installed (probably C:).
• in place of [install_path], insert the directory path to the software.