#Catalog of LIB's files
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Jon and everybody else – Would anyone be interested in having such a
catalog of the libraries here, updated each month? (similar to those in the
IBM forums) I prepare such a catalog monthly for a few forums, and could
easily add this one. Most of the work is done by a set of TP programs I
wrote a while ago. If there's enough interest (say a dozen folks or so) I'd
e glad to do it. – Dale
I would be glad to have an catalog in this forum.
-Peter
Peter – I'm working on it – it should be ready in a day or two – Dale
Dale,
I don't know if you are a Tapcis user, but you might be interested in
something they do over on the ROOTS forum. They post their ZIPped or ARCed
catalog in the form which can be used by TAPCIS's catalog feature. Once
the file is uncompressed, it can replace TAPCIS's .CAT file for the forum.
This technique may require more work than you were planning on, but it's
an ideal solution for TAPCIS users.
Merrill Cornish
Merrill – Thanks for the tip. I have seen a few different types of summary
files here on CIS, and I'm working on a program that will let a user search
multiple summary files for multiple strings and mark the files of interest.
Then the program will provide a file for TAPCIS to retrieve full
descriptions or download files as desired. The main idea is that the
program work with any of the summary file formats I'm familiar with. –
Dale
Dale – What about us AutoSig users ?? Guess where stuck with BRO *.* to a
capture file then use the off line Bro.exe utility. Or if where lucky and
some nice SysOp uploads a TapCis Directory listing in Compress format, we
can download that UnCompress it then use Brief to seperate the listings
into seperate libiary file then use Bro.Exe to select or files to Download.
Jr.
PS yes thats about how many steps it takes. Almost easier to just go online
and download the files manully. .. …
Don – What I'm working on at the moment is a general-purpose program with
syntax similar to Irv Hoff's FIND54.COM for CP/M. For instance, on my system
the IBM summary files are named IBMAPP.DIR, IBMHW.DIR, and so on. On my old
Kapro I could search all the IBM Forums for Kermit programs with the command
"FIND B:IBM*.DIR *****|KERMIT". Since FIND is not case sensitive (unless you
use a switch) and accepts multiple search strings seperated by "|" I would
get a display (or hard copy) like this:
Searching B:IBMAPP.DIR
***** Lib 1 Blah, blah, blah *****
***** Lib 2 Blah, blah, blah *****
***** etc.
Searching B:IBMCOM.DIR
***** Lib 1 Communications Programs *****
KERM35.ARC 132B 26 Kermit comm program with VT-100 emulation, MS C source
***** Lib 2 etc.
Searching B:IBMHW.DIR ad nauseum.
Of course, I can't use "|" on a DOS command line. – Dale
You can use '|' on a 4DOS command line, if escaped by a ^X first.
BTW, 4DOS has a new version out. It has SWITCHAR support, and is
selectable with the SETDOS command instead of goofy interrupts. It also
allows a forward slash as a dir seperator in most places. I forget who was
looking for that, but whoever it was, give it another shot.
It also has new "batch-to-memory" ability, which reads a whole batch file
at once instead of opening the file, reading a line, closing the file.
Lots of new goodies!
–John
John – Sounds like 4DOS has some fine features, but I've got to write code
as generic as possible if I want it to be useful to a number of people.
Thanks for the tips. – Dale
hey, even with the old clunky COMMAND.COM, can't you put an argument in
quotes to prevent interpretation of it?
–John
John – I'll have to try and see. – Dale
Dale – Now your Earlier statement makes more sence to me.
Your not writing a sub-part for Taps but a serparte utility. More or less
a frount-end to FIND or GREP.
The file format your planning on using is the Offline Directory format of
taps. Those I have. Right now I use Brief to search or modified then for
use by Bro.Exe (it will even write download scripts for Ato).
But yes I do need something with a better interface, Just haven't the
time to write it, <yet>.
Jr..
Don – As the DOS wizard at work (Nobody else here has the books and tools I
do so I got the pointy hat and robes <~>) I can steal a bit of time at
work, but mainly I work on stuff like this nights or evenings. (I'm single
and live a block from our studios so it's convenient) – Dale
Dale – GoodLuck
If you need a beta tester with C experince look me up. I monitor this
forum and serval others. .Jr..
please do it !!!