Using ZipStream

Once you have installed ZipStream, you can begin to take advantage of it 
at your own pace. 

One of the best ways to start is to compress files that you use 
infrequently, as this will more than likely free up a lot of space 
quickly.  Most of us tend to hoard old applications (and big games) etc 
just in case, and that's why you are now using an automatic compression 
program to increase the capacity of your disk system. 

To begin with, use the ZSAttach utility to provide mirrored access to your 
C: drive as say the H: drive. You enter at the command prompt: 

zsattach h: c:\ 

Now all the files that you can access via the C: drive are accessible via 
the H: drive. 

You could have specified a more specific path to ZSAttach, such as 

zsattach h: c:\games 

but, to begin with, we recommend complete drive mirroring to keep things 
straight forward and simple. 

As a quick experiment, execute the following command (now that you have C: 
mirrored as H:). 

zspack c:\readme 

Now the OS/2 readme file is compressed.  You can view it again by 
executing the command 

type h:\readme 

At your own pace start compressing more files and in the future reference 
them again via drive h: 

Any new applications etc you load or any new files you create on drive h: 
will be automatically compressed.