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- 9 Nov 85
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- CCAT is a "double-ended" list comparison program intended
- specifically to be used as a companion to the excellent MCAT and
- XCAT programs by Irvin M. Hoff. CCAT was written to provide a
- convenient means by which to compare the catalog listings of two
- independent collections of programs (e.g., the catalog listing of
- a working library and that of an archive collection). Inputs to
- CCAT are MAST.LST files generated as output by the XCAT listing
- program. The output of CCAT is a double listing:
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- (1) A list of all files in MAST.LST A
- which do not appear in MAST.LST B
- and:
- (2) A list of all files in MAST.LST B
- which do not appear in MAST.LST A
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- The output from CCAT may be directed to the printer or to a disk
- file, but is always sent to the screen. If a disk file is selected,
- a backup of a previous CCAT output file is automatically created.
- An example of syntax for CCAT when input data is put on the
- command line is:
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- A>CCAT B:MAST.LST C:MAST.LST
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- If only CCAT is entered on the command line, the remaining data
- is requested. The request for an output file name may be
- answered with a carriage return if the default name is acceptable.
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- The two input files (any name), may be selected from any drive.
- File output will default to the logged drive as ODDFILE.LST
- unless otherwise specified.
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- CCAT consists of a COM file and CCAT.000 (an overlay). The overlay
- allows very large (more than 3000) MAST.LSTings to be processed
- and the output to be neatly formatted. The Turbo Pascal source
- file is included.
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- NOTES: If user wishes to rename CCATxx.COM, the source file
- must be recompiled - otherwise the overlay will not be found
- at run-time. A run-time error (F0) will be indicated.
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- CCAT must be run from the logged drive. (The program
- expects the to find the overlay on the logged drive during
- execution.)
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- Please report any problems to:
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- Richard Mack
- 3407A Courtleigh Drive
- Baltimore, MD 21207
- 301-922-1176
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- CompuServe ID: 76367,457
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