Shrink.exe is a programme for use with Winpack version 6.4
It shrinks the send archive by deleting older files.

To install place SHRINK.EXE, SHRINK.FJQ and SHRINK.XTR SHRINK.PIF in the WINPACK
directory and restart Winpack.

On restarting Winpack you will find a SH button.

Clicking this button will run Shrink.

WARNING Shrink.exe DELETES ARCHIVE FILES. You can't get them back It
doesn't drop them into the recycle bin.

          IT KILLS THEM with a DOS style DELETE!

With version 6.4  of Winpack a new archive server was supplied.
This new server, unlike the old one saves the archive copy of an
outgoing message into a directory off the ARCHIVE\SEND to match the
callsign of the station the first message was sent to, so if a
message was sent to WINPAC then a directory called WINPAC would be
created for it and future messages to WINPAC. This make it easy to
refer to a message, as you know a copy of all the messages you sent
to G9ZZZ  will be at WINPACK\ARCHIVE\SEND\G9ZZZ

However this archive can get very big and you really need to be able
to delete older messages, but because all these messages are in lots
of different directories it can take a long time to go though them
deleting messages over a certain age.

Shrink.exe will once copied into the WINACK directory remove all files
Greater than 183 days old and the number of days can be altered in its
config file shrink.fjq,  I have built into the programme a minimum
number of 10 days, but other wise the number can be set by the user.

WARNING Shrink.exe DELETES ARCHIVE FILES. You can't get them back.
It doesn't drop them into the recycle bin. IT KILLS THEM with a DOS
style DELETE!


                  You use this at your own risk.

If you want to play extra safe then copy the whole of your WINPACK
installation to another directory before using this programme.
That way if you get it wrong (or I got it wrong) you have a backup.

73 de Allan G4FJQ
ooOOoo


PS

Because of the 2 figure year built into the file
names, this programme should not be used after 2096
I am only 53 years old, so if in 2096 you still need this programme,
drop me a message and I will try and modify it for you.

ooOOoo
