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- Showlog v1.04
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- │ L I C E N C E T E R M S & C O N D I T I O N S │
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- SHOWLOG is copyright and has been released for distribution as SHAREWARE by
- EGJ Computer Services Ltd. and is the property solely of that company.
-
- You are granted a temporary licence to use this program for evaluation only.
- If you wish to use it beyond a 2 week period, you must register such use
- and pay the registration fee required. A form is provided for this purpose at
- the end of this documentation. Please register to support continued development.
-
- You are granted permission to distribute this software to any person or
- organisation, including commercial or private bulletin boards, by any means
- available provided that:
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- 1) The software is distributed without alteration of any kind whatsoever.
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- 2) The software is distributed with all the files which are provided,
- including registration, licence and copyright notices.
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- 3) The copyright notices are acknowledged in any reviews of the product,
- whether published or private.
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- 4) The software is not reverse engineered to examine its working
- whether out of interest, educational purpose or for commercial gain,
- any such gains being the right of the copyright holder.
-
- Additionally, in use:
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- 5) No liability for damage, injury or loss, however caused, whether actual
- or implied is accepted by the author or the company EGJ Computer
- Services Ltd. from the use of, or storage of, this software.
-
- 6) No guarantee of correctness is offered in respect of the software or its
- documentation.
-
- When registered:
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- 7) You may use this software on one computer only for the benefit of its
- users. Multiple uses of a single registered or expired evaluation copy
- of this program is theft.
-
- 8) Technical support is available by post; Reports of faults or suggested
- enhancements will be considered for possible future versions which will
- be available to registered users for the cost of the postage and disc.
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- ShowLog v1.04
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- ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ T h e S h a r e W a r e P r i n c i p l e. │
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- ShareWare is the term given to software which is distributed on a
- "try-before-you-buy" basis, allowing full operational evaluation before
- parting with the money. This allows for accurate selection of the software
- which you need and lets the software speak for itself. Also, by allowing
- un-restricted distribution, the overall marketing costs are much reduced
- leading to a much lower price overall.
-
- However, the product DOES have a cost, it is NOT FREE and the
- registration fee must be paid if the product is used beyond the evaluation
- period. Doing otherwise is THEFT and will likely lead to the number of
- programs available by this means becoming smaller and smaller.
-
- At registration, you also receive the latest version, technical support
- and can make your comments and suggestions which can lead to improvements or
- even another useful program.
-
- Please co-operate and register now to gain the full benefits.
-
-
- Showlog v1.04
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- │ R e f e r e n c e M a n u a l. │
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- Introduction
-
- The purpose of this program is to search and select information from the
- BACKUP.LOG file created during a disc backup, aiding both the management of
- the backup disc set and the process of file resoration. By use of the command
- options, the exact location of a particular file within the existing backup
- set discs can be identified. The full details for the files which match the
- selection criteria will be displayed.
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- Command line syntax.
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- SHOWLOG [-options] [pattern]
-
- where
- OPTIONS are single letter options, described below, some of
- which take immediate values which must be given following
- the option letter without any spaces. eg.
-
- -Ca:
- -P\filepath\filename
-
- PATTERN is the filename pattern to be matched in a search of
- the logfile. If it is omitted, the filename part of the
- filepath on each line of the logfile will not be used during
- of the search and selection.
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- Command options
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- -C Takes a disc identifier value. When given, this option will
- cause the latest backup set entry in the file to be copied
- to a valid backup log file in the root directory of the
- specified disc, if sufficient space exists.
-
- This is particularly useful in allowing the latest backup log
- entry to be copied to the last disc in a newly created backup
- disc set, when normally no record of the contents of a
- backup set is kept within that disc set.
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- This option is mutually exclusive with the -R option.
-
-
- -D Takes a 3 digit string numeric value. This allows the search
- to be restricted to those discs with the same sequence number
- as given here. The string numeric value must have leading
- zeroes spoecified to ensure that exactly 3 characters are
- given. The search pattern matching is restricted to disc
- entries with this number. By default, the search will cover
- and display all matching discs.
-
- When given, this option automatically enables the -S option.
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- -F Takes a file path value. This allows the program to operate
- on an alternative log file, specified entirely by this option.
- Normally the log file is expected to be present in the root
- directory of the currently logged disc and have the
- name BACKUP.LOG.
-
- -P Takes a string value. This allows the specification of a
- search pattern which matches only in the directory tree part
- of file names found in the backup file. Only lines with a
- successful match become a part of the display.
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- When given, this option automatically enables the -S option.
-
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- -R Takes a date value. All backup records preceding this date
- are removed from the backup log. This is most useful in
- preventing the log file from growing enormous, particularly
- when the older backup disc sets no longer exist but have
- been over-written in later cycles.
-
- If the specified date is not found, the backup file remains
- unchanged.
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- This option is mutually exclusive with the -C option.
-
-
- -S The show option. If used without a search pattern, will
- produce a display consisting of the dates of all backup sets
- recorded in the backup log file.
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- When a search pattern is given, all lines in the file which
- match the pattern in any way are displayed alongside the
- backup set disc number on which the file is to be found.
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- Program Output.
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- When a pattern match is found, the first line of the display consists
- of the date of the backup set, the sequence number of the disc and full file
- path of the matched file. Subsequent lines from the same backup set are
- displayed without a date, but the disc and file columns remain aligned.
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- The program is compatible with the usual command line re-direction
- capability provided by DOS. The screen output can be sent to a device or
- disc file, as desired, although any error messages encountered during
- processing will still appear on the screen device.
-
- The program may be used within a batch file, returning an error
- status if a fault is detected, and a success status if the operation
- completed successfully. Note that a successful execution does not guarantee
- that a pattern match will have occurred.
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- ShowLog v1.04
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- ║ INVOICE & REGISTRATION FORM ║
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- VAT No: 386 2891 07
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- Send to: EGJ Computer Services Ltd.
- 94 Westbrook End,
- Newton Longville
- Buckinghamshire
- England MK17 0BX
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- Registered to:
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- Disc Size __ 3.5" (720k only) __ 5.25" (1.2Mbyte only)
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- Your registration and support is most warmly welcomed.
-
- Registrants of this software receive the latest version without
- shareware messages, a half-price option on a "Windows 3 (TM)" version
- when released and, (unless specifically declined) notification of
- any later upgrades.
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- Registered in England No: 1813145 at Sieff & Co, 673 Finchley Rd. London.
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