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- Short: *THE* [AmiNet] archive processor. v1.06
- Author: Manuel Giorgini (mgiorgin@dsi.unive.it)
- Uploader: Manuel Giorgini (mgiorgin@dsi.unive.it)
- Type: util/arc
- Version: 1.06
- Requires: OS 37+
- Replaces: util/arc/deaf105*
-
- DEAF will scan an archive, extract the description from INSIDE it, and link
- it as a comment for that file. Suppose you have downloaded "foo.lha" and
- you have noticed that it contains "foo.readme": DEAF will EXTRACT the
- "Short:" line from foo.readme (or whatever line else) and will put it
- as a filenote on "foo.lha" (without the trailing "Short:" and blanks).
-
- When no .readme file is matched INSIDE the archive, DEAF will check for such
- a file in the same directory, and will use it if present.
-
- DEAF will then be able to move that archive in your personal aminet-organized
- mirror (if you have any), and will take care of discarding obsolete versions.
-
- DEAF will optionally create new directories it can't find (as comm/www, or
- whatever directory will be introduced from now on! :).
-
- DEAF will recognize LHA, LZX and ZIP archives, and will operate
- successfully with all of them, provided you have LhA, LZX and UnZip in your
- path (this is extremely important!); evaluation versions are OK too if you
- are not using LZX. DEAF by now needs a registered LZX to work, sorry.
-
- History:
-
- v1.00 [15.02.96] - First version
-
- v1.01 [28.02.96] - stuff (trust me, this version is better, it's just that
- I can't explain efficiently in English what I have done :)
-
- v1.02 [21.06.96] - Introduced TODIR, REPLACES, DONTMOVE, and lightly improved
- in other small parts.
-
- v1.03 [01.07.96] - Now DEAF creates the needed directories (unless specified).
- DONTCREATE introduced.
-
- v1.04 [10.07.96] - DEAF now looks for an external .readme file too, when none
- are matched inside the archive.
- The source file has been lightly optimized.
- Fixed a bug in the REPLACEment feature.
-
- v1.05 [20.07.96] - Fixed a SERIOUS bug. Trash v1.04, don't trust it anymore!
- Fixed another bug in the REPLACEment feature.
- Now DEAF will optionally leave untouched a present filenote
- (just moves the file around).
-
- v1.06 [25.07.96] - I added pattern matching, thus reorganizing the whole source.
- Now deaf, when looking inside the archive, tries to find
- a readme file with the same archive base name.
- Then, it will optionally fall back to *.readme, unless a
- specific descriptor pattern is given.
- Now deaf can resolve 'Short' lines with any number of blanks
- before the colon (':') sign.
-