INFORMATION ABOUT SNIPPETS APR 94 EDITION
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Beginning with the Dec '92 edition, SNIPPETS is being distributed in two
forms.

The first, and most familiar, is the full SNIPPETS collection. As before it
is named "SNIPdddd.xxx", where "dddd" is the release date and "xxx" is the
archive utility extension. For example, I distribute the Apr '94 edition as
SNIP9404.LZH, using the LHA.EXE archive utility.

New to the Dec '92 release was SNIPDIFF, an archive containing both files and
a utility to create a complete and fully-validated SNIPPETS archive using
files from the last edition of SNIPPETS which haven't changed. This
represents a considerable saving in the size of the archive and,
consequently, the time required to download it from bulletin boards and
public information services.

Beginning the Apr '93 release, SNIPDIFF became even smaller with the
inclusion of DSAPP.EXE which allows that only the differences for changed
files need be included. DSAPP.EXE is a public domain utility for applying
changes, written by David Burton, and which is distributed with his excellent
TLIB revision control system.
