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║ Information About NAMCLEAN - From File NAMCLEAN.INF ║
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║ PAF Review - Edition 93.2 - April 1993 ║
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Removes unused names from your Personal Ancestral File (PAF)
NAME2.DAT file.
Version: 1.0
Author: Jack J. Chandler
Address: 812 Vermillion Dr., Henderson, NV 89015
Version Date: April 1992
BBS File Name: NAMCLEN1.ZIP
Software Type: Shareware
Fee: $5 donation suggested but not required.
Read/Write: Updates NAME2.DAT, INDIV2.DAT and MARR2.DAT.
NAMCLEAN is a PAF utility to remove unused names from your PAF
NAME2.DAT file which result from the deletion of records that once
referred to them or the correction of spelling errors. It is easy
to use and requires only normal precautions to protect your files
from damage during the process. A good current backup should
always be made prior to modification by any software that changes
or writes to your database. The files that require backups are
NAME2.DAT, INDIV2.DAT, and MARR2.DAT. To speed up the processing,
copy these files to a ram disk or hard disk before running
NAMCLEAN and that back to their normal location after the program
is complete. The other files in your database are not updated.
Run FRCHK on your original files prior to running NAMCLEAN. If
FRCHK reports problems, then attempt to correct them prior to
running NAMCLEAN. If you have the 10 June 1990 or later update
to PAF 2.2, you can run FRCHK -f. This will repair most minor
problems. The results of NAMCLEAN are unpredictable if your data
fails the FRCHK.
Processing time for NAMCLEAN is much faster than using GEDCOM
procedures to clean up the NAME2.DAT file. NAMCLEAN used in
conjunction with RECLAIM processed a database of 5400 INDIV2.DAT,
2113 MARR2.DAT, and 3600 NAME2.DAT records in about 50 minutes on
an 8mhz AT. Doing the same reorganization with GEDCOM took over
3 1/2 hours to complete. Processing time is dependent upon the
number of name field entries in your INDIV2.DAT and MARR2.DAT
files. NAMCLEAN does not modify any RIN or MRIN numbers.