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- Libber Version 1.1
- K.Fitzpatrick
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- This program is mainly for sysops that wish to convert *.LBR
- files to the ARC format. Libber is written in Turbo pascal and uses
- exec calls to run the other necessary programs.
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- How Libber does it.
- First Libber reads the directory into a stack. One by one it goes
- through the stack looking for the extension 'LBR'. When it finds a
- filename that has the extension 'LBR' it goes to a procedure that
- moves the file to a specified holding directory. It will then run
- one of library programs to spread the library. After the library is
- spread it will delete the original library name from the directory.
- Its next step will be to archive all the files in the holding directory.
- Once this is done it moves the new filename with the ARC extension
- back to the original directory and delete the corresponding filename
- with the 'LBR' extension. This process will continue until all files
- with the 'LBR' extension have been converted.
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- Libber Setup
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- Libber allows you to designate 4 names/paths.
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- You can designate which version of ARC you are going to use. Remember
- this program MUST be on the path. The default name is ARC.exe. You
- need not include the extension when specifying the name. To represent
- that you are changing the default arc version use the switch '/A'.
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- Ex. for version 4.30 type 'Libber arc430/a' at the DOS prompt
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- You may also specify the subdirectory where the library file will be
- spread. The default subdirectory is C:\Temp. To represent that you are
- changing the default directory use the switch '/T'. Remember the directory
- that you use MUST be empty or your first archive will also contain the files
- that were in the directory when it started. I will probably change this
- in version 2.0
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- Ex. for C:\work type 'Libber C:\work/t' at the DOS prompt
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- You can also tell Libber which library utility to use. I have set the
- default to LUE201 since it is my favorite. The speed and the compatibility
- of this one seems to be the best. To designate that it is the library
- utility name that you are going to change use the switch '/L'. Again
- this program MUST be on the path.
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- Ex. for LU86 type 'Libber lu86/l at the DOS prompt
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- The last thing you can configure Libber for is the name of the input
- file. Libber needs this file since I can't figure out how to push a
- 'y' into the keyboard stack to answer the question when I try and delete
- all files from the holding subdirectory after the files have been archived.
- When the DOS DEL command is used I redirect input from the filename specified
- by the '/I' switch. Default name is Input.txt. To create this file simply
- go to wherever you want it and use the COPY CON method. All you need to
- do is this...
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- copy con input.txt {c/r}
- y {c/r}
- {F6} {c/r}
- You may have this file anywhere you want it as long as you specify the path
- and the name.
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- Ex. name is y.txt in C:\prg type 'Libber C:\prg\y.txt/i'
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- A last note on configurations
- You may use any number of switches in any order. If you want to change
- all default values go ahead and do it.
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- ERRORS!!
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- Make very sure that when you specify something using the switches that
- it actually exists. If you specify a holding directory that isn't there
- SHUT OFF YOUR MACHINE!! My program will simple return an error and keep
- running. This means it will delete your *.LBR files one by one. If
- the archive utility and the library utility are not on the path the SAME
- thing will happen. I used this program to change over 400 files to the
- ARC format without a problem.
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- Kerien Fitzpatrick
- SysOp Fido 129/18
- 412-362-1672
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