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- Document CheckDate Documentation
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- CheckDate Documentation
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- Version 1.20 ©'95 SiliconSurfer/Phantasm
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- Another PHANTASM FREEWARE program
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- 0. Short Description
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- Checkdate examines the dates of all files in any .LZX, .LHA or .LZH archive.
- The newest and oldest dates are output together with their filenames and
- the name of the archive. The output can be redirected into a file for later
- analysis.
- Checkdate is useful for sysops who like to fake old stuff, or for traders,
- who wants to know the real age of an archive.
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- 1. Syntax & Output
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- The AmigaDOS commandline options:
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- CheckDate FILE/A,FIRST/K/N,LAST/K/N,CHECK/K,ALL/S
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- You can use AmigaDOS wildcards within the filename.
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- 1.1. The options
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- FILE <archive>
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- The name of the archive to examine. Works with AmigaDOS wildcards.
- Example: (#?.lzx|#?.lha|#?.lzh)
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- FIRST <n>
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- The oldest n files are output with date and name.
- If these files belong to the newest ones yet, they are not output
- a second time.
- Default is 0.
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- LAST <n>
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- The newest n files are output with date and name.
- Default is 3.
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- CHECK <date>
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- The date of the newest file will be compared with the given date.
- If the file is older then <date> the returncode will be set to
- RETURN_WARN (=5) and the text "puuuuhhhh... this stuff is too old !"
- will be output.
- Else the returncode will be set to RETURN_OK (=0).
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- The format of <date> is the local format.
- German format: DD-MON-YY or "DD-MON-YY HH:MM:SS"
- German example: 03-Feb-94 or "03-Feb-94 16:08:53"
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- ALL
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- If wildcards are used within the name of the archive, Checkdate
- works recursive, means all subdirectories are searched for the
- pattern, too.
- Example: "CheckDate (#?.lzx|#?.lzh|#?.lha) df0: ALL" searches whole
- df0: for files with the ending .lzx, .lzh and .lha and processes them.
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- 1.2. An example
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- e.g.: CheckDate abc.lha FIRST 3 LAST 3
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- The output looks like this:
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- CheckDate V1.20 (Feb 28 1995) ©'95 by SiliconSurfer/Phantasm
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- --------- abc.lha [21-Apr-94] ---------
- -NEWEST -
- 29-Mar-94 x1
- 22-Mar-94 x1.info
- 22-Mar-94 Callx1
- -OLDEST -
- 28-Mar-93 1.dat
- 25-Jul-93 2.dat
- 19-Sep-93 3.dat
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- The first 3 filenames are the 3 with the newest date.
- Below them you see the 3 oldest files in that archive.
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- 2. How Checkdate works
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- LHA resp. LZX are called, with output redirection to T:chkdate.
- Thereafter T:chkdate will be processed and deleted.
- The processing of FILE_ID.DIZ will be skipped (for purpose).
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- The call of LHA looks like this: LHA >T:chkdate v "archive"
- The call of LZX looks like this: LZX >T:chkdate l "archive"
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- 3. Last words
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- This whole archive is absolutely FREEWARE. You can do anything you want
- with it.
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- This program has been tested by several people.
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- Voice: +49-40-7216995 (Germany)
- Email: SILICONSURFER@Blackbox.shnet.org
- SILICONSURFER@Dame.shnet.org
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- Address:
- Tim Ruehsen
- Joh.-Rabe-Stieg 8
- 21033 Hamburg
- GERMANY
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- Please send me email, if you use this program !
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- FF - Fiel Fun.
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