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- FILE CATALOG UTILITY
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- By Matthew Dillon.
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- dillon@ucbvax.berkeley.edu (ARPANET)
- ..!ihnp4!ucbvax!dillon (USENET)
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- Matthew Dillon
- 891 Regal Rd.
- Berkeley, California 94708
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- USA
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- WINDOW TITLE:
- Holds operational status. Normally holds two numbers SELECTED/ENTRIES
- Where SELECTED is the number of files currently selected for viewing.
- The ALL gadget selects all entries for viewing.
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- PATTERN:
- Entering a wildcard pattern here selects for viewing those entries
- (file name or comment) which matches the pattern. "+pattern" adds
- entries to the currently selected list, and "-pattern" removes entries
- from the currently selected list. "pattern" alone is equivalent to
- "-*" "+pattern". Note that if looking for a specific program you need
- to specify it like: "*viacom.arc" with the "*" in front to handle any
- prefix to the file.
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- '*' and '?' are acceptable wildcards. Any combination is allowed. The
- search is case independant.
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- VOLUME:
- Entering a disk volume name (e.g. "df1:") or directory path
- (e.g. "df1:src/files") causes that volume/directory to be searched
- and all files to be added to the database. The FULL path name is
- determined, including the volume name, independant of the original
- specification. This means you can say "df1:" instead of "mydisk:" and
- entries in the database will begin "mydisk:blah..".
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- When I say 'volume' in the following description I mean either a
- directory or volume.
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- This also serves to UPDATE entries in the database. Specifically, if
- the volume already exists in the database new files are added and files
- which no longer exist (in the volume) are removed. Any comments which
- you have added to the database are KEPT. Note, however, that if a
- file contains a comment field and the database entry also has a comment
- field the database entry's comment field is used.
-
- Example: To add a whole lot of floppies simply specify DF0:, hit
- return, then place new floppies in DF0: and hit return without having
- to retype DF0: or even reselect the string gadget.
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- NOTE!! Each disk should have a unique volume name or it will exclude
- other disks! Now that isn't too much to ask for, is it?
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- COMMENT:
- After selecting a file with the left mouse button you may enter a
- comment for it. The comment field is automatically activated after
- selection and any previous comment loaded into the field.
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- SLIDE BAR:
- The slide bar is used to move around in the database. Normally the
- database is too large for much resolution on the slide bar (mine is
- 3821 entries at the moment), in which case one normally selects a
- subsection of the database with the PATTERN field before moving around.
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- The display area places the comment after the longest file path in
- the currently selected subset, so you might have to make the window
- wider to see the comments.
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- INFO:
- Program info. My name in lights!
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- DEL:
- Delete the highlighted item or the currently selected subsection of
- the database if there is no highlighted item. YOU CAN DELETE THE
- ENTIRE DATABASE THIS WAY!! BUT...
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- UNDO:
- Undo the last delete operation. For best results hit immediately
- after a DEL.
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- ALL:
- Selects the entire database for viewing.
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- MENUS
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- SAVE save database under previously loaded name
- SAVEAS save database under a new name
- LOADDEF load the default database (s:catalog.db or previously
- loaded file). Information is appended to the memory
- image.
- LOAD specify a filename to load as the database. Information
- is appended as in LOADDEF
- QUIT Quit the program (for those who do not know how to use
- the close gadget)
- ADDKILLPAT Create a kill entry in the database (@@KILLPAT). The
- comment field of this entry is a pattern. If the pattern
- matches an about-to-be-loaded path the path is not loaded.
- Any number of kill entries may exist in the database.
-
- Example: set the comment to *.o, and no object files
- will be added from new volumes.
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-
- The filerequester code was provided by Peter Da Silva and hacked
- moderately. All other code is my own.
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- LIMITATIONS
-
- -Volume Names may not begin with @@
- -Volume Names beginning with '+' and '-' are o.k., but difficult to
- specify in the PATTERN field due to the special meaning of '+' & '-'.
- -Full File Paths and comments must be smaller than 128 characters each
- -There is no limitation to the database size except for the amount of
- memory you have.
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- FILE FORMAT
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- The database is an ascii file. The first line is a number (3) specifying
- the number of lines per entry. The next line starts the first entry, with
- 3 lines per entry (and no extra lines at the end of the database). No tabs
- are allowed. The initial number is used for upward compatibility when/if
- I add more information to the database. The three lines are:
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- 1 -file name
- 2 -file comment
- 3 -file size (bytes)
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- Future additions will also include:
- 4 -date
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