TM> UCEXE isn't just a hacker's tool, anyway.  It's part of the
  > UC2 package, and often compresses much better than PKlite.
 It's often a tossup what compresses better.  I try a range of them:
:XC
 set e=%@ext[%2]^copy %2 d.%e^unp d.%e
 for %x in (a i g l p u x m t) copy d.%e %x.%e^cr^ainexe a.%e
 diet -x d.%e^lglz -a g.%e^pklite -a p.%e^ucexe u.%e^lzx l.%e
 elite i.%e^ks Y^megalite -a m.%e^xpack -o -4 x.% ^
 tinyprog t.%e^del/q a.old;l.[co]*;u.~*;t.bxe^us e^quit
 So I do something like "xc srq.exe" and it produces nine
 copies of the original file, and nine compressed outputs from
 them.  I try the smallest.  If it works, fine.  If not, I try
 them in increasing size, keep the smallest that worked, and
 delete all the rest.
... If hard work were really a virtue, then mules would be saints.
--- SR 2.00 #1019  -!-  James D. Richardson
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