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- WhatIs This File ? V1.1
- © J.Tyberghein Mon Dec 18 17:12:13 1989
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- Preface
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- This utility gives you all useful information it can obtain from the file.
- WHATIS recognizes IFF files, object files and executables (hunks),
- Aztec object files, crunched data files (with the PowerPacker), archives
- like ZOO, ARC and ArcFiles (my own archiver), UUEncoded files, .info files,
- Lattice PGTB files and Warp files (disk warper). In addition it will
- print all system information for this file.
- If you specify a device or directory instead of a file, you get more
- system information.
- If WHATIS doesn't recognize your file, it will check if the file could
- be ASCII.
-
- This program (WHATIS V1.1) is shareware.
- If you like and/or use this utility I would appreciate it very much
- if you'd send me a contribution of $10 US ($15 if you want to get a new
- update (when one is available)).
- Please send money by international money order, EuroCheck (in Belgian
- Francs (BF) !) or cash, because it's very difficult for me to cash in
- other checks.
- If you want an update please state your current version.
- If you want to use this program for commercial purposes please write
- for permission !
-
- If you have any suggestions or remarks you can write to (Bug reports are
- welcome too)
-
- Jorrit Tyberghein
- Hepmansbossen 31
- 3990 Meerhout BELGIUM
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-
- WARNING:
- If you want to use this utility you must have Arp 1.3 or later.
- WHATIS is reexecutable so you can use it with ARes, Resident, ...
- WHATIS is not reentrable, so you will get a warning from ARes or Resident
- if you try to use this program twice at the same time.
- There are still some bugs in this program. If you try to list some Lattice
- object files (.o) you will get nonsense. If this happens simply press ^C
- to stop WHATIS. Of course this bug will be solved in the next version.
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-
- Syntax
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- +--------------------------------------------+
- | Commandline template: |
- | File/a,S=SHORT/s,M=MEDIUM/s,F=FULL/s: |
- |--------------------------------------------|
- | Usage: |
- | WhatIs <File> [SHORT | MEDIUM | FULL] |
- +--------------------------------------------+
-
- <File> : file or device to examine
- SHORT : shows only basic system information (no examining is
- done)
- MEDIUM : shows basic system info and examines file (default)
- FULL : like MEDIUM, but computes several additional percentages
-
-
- examples:
-
- WhatIs KingTut (KingTut is a graphic image)
- you will get the following output (or something equivalent):
-
- | FileInfoBlock:
- | File : KingTut
- | DirEntryType : -3
- | Protect : dewr
- | Size : 25728 NumBlocks : 51
- | Last changed : 15-Oct-89 10:54:52 (Sunday)
- | Comment :
- |
- | IFF file
- | FORM ILBM (25720 data bytes)
- | Interleaved BitMap
- | BMHD
- | width : 320 height : 200
- | x : 0 y : 0
- | nPlanes : 5 Masking : 0
- | xAspect : 10 yAspect : 11
- | PageWid : 320 PageHei : 200
- | Compression : 1
- | transparent color : 0
- | CMAP (96 bytes)
- | DPPS
- | CRNG
- | CRNG
- | CRNG
- | CRNG
- | CRNG
- | CRNG
- | CAMG
- | BODY
-
- WhatIs file.c s
- you get only the basic information
-
- | FileInfoBlock:
- | File : file.c
- | DirEntryType : -3
- | Protect : dewr
- | Size : 146 NumBlocks : 1
- | Last changed : 17-Dec-89 20:37:04 (Sunday)
- | Comment : This is an example file
-
- WhatIs ram:
-
- | FileInfoBlock:
- | Directory : RAM DISK
- | DirEntryType : 2
- | Protect : dewr
- | Size : 0 NumBlocks : 1
- | Last changed : 18-Dec-89 17:29:22 (Monday)
- | Comment :
- |
- | InfoData:
- | UnitNumber : -1
- | NumSoftErrors : 0
- | NumBlocks : 3 NumBlocksUsed : 3
- | BytesPerBlock : 488
- | Disk is validated
- | Dos disk
- | Disk in use
- |
- | DeviceList:
- | Volume
- | Creation date : 01-Jan-78 00:00:61 (Sunday)
- | DiskType : 444F5300
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- WhatIs c:WhatIs f
- Give full information
-
- | FileInfoBlock:
- | File : WhatIs
- | DirEntryType : -3
- | Protect : dewr
- | Size : 14940 NumBlocks : 30
- | Last changed : 17-Dec-89 17:07:02 (Sunday)
- | Comment : © J.Tyberghein
- |
- | Executable file
- | Hunk 0 : header
- | Resident libraries:
- | Table size : 2
- | First Hunk : 0
- | Last Hunk : 1
- | code (14568 bytes)
- | reloc32 (1 entries)
- | end
- | Hunk 1 : data (160 bytes)
- | reloc32 (2 entries)
- | end
- |
- | Diagnostic research...
- | 8705 normal characters (58 %)
- | 2691 non ascii characters (18 %)
- | 3455 control codes ( <32 ) (23 %)
- | 164 lines
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- WhatIs disk.info
-
- | FileInfoBlock:
- | File : Disk.info
- | DirEntryType : -3
- | Protect : dewr
- | Size : 5449 NumBlocks : 11
- | Last changed : 15-Oct-89 10:21:01 (Sunday)
- | Comment :
- |
- | .info file version 1
- | icon gadget:
- | LeftEdge 406, TopEdge 23
- | Width 141, Height 74
- | Flags GADGHIMAGE, Activation RELVERIFY GADGIMMEDIATE
- | GadgetType BOOLGADGET
- | DiskObject type WBDISK
- | Current X 406 Current Y 23
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- WhatIs II.smus
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- | FileInfoBlock:
- | File : II.smus
- | DirEntryType : -3
- | Protect : dewr
- | Size : 1456 NumBlocks : 3
- | Last changed : 03-Nov-89 15:05:22 (Friday)
- | Comment :
- |
- | IFF file
- | FORM SMUS (1448 data bytes)
- | Simple Musical Score
- | SHDR
- | NAME Sphere
- | SNX1
- | INS1 sphere
- | INS1 human
- | INS1 SynthiI
- | INS1 explosion
- | INS1 no
- | INS1 EffectII
- | INS1 synthiII
- | INS1 BassdrumI
- | INS1 SphereI
- | TRAK
- | TRAK
- | TRAK
- | TRAK
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