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- From: w8sdz@SimTel.Coast.NET (Keith Petersen)
- Subject: How to find files in the SimTel msdos collection (941223)
-
- [File: /SimTel/msdos/filedocs/aaaread.me Last revised: Dec. 23, 1994]
-
- Lists of all MS-DOS files available from SimTel, the Coast to Coast
- Software Repository (tm), and utilities to display, search, or print
- them are contained in directory /SimTel/msdos/filedocs as follows:
-
- simindex.zip contains SIMIBM.IDX, a comma-delimited listing of all files
- in the MSDOS subdirectories with a brief one line description for
- each file, which is suitable for importing into a database program.
- This file is updated at approximate 10 day intervals.
-
- simlist.zip contains SIMIBM.LST, the latest SIMIBM.IDX in text format
- for those who would rather not deal with the comma-delimited index.
- The format of this file is the same as that produced by the SIMCVT
- programs.
-
- These programs can be used to display and search the index:
-
- simdir22.zip displays the file SIMIBM.IDX. You can browse through the
- list by moving a highlight bar and by pressing function keys.
- The file is displayed as a two-level hierarchy. The upper
- (initial) level consists of a list of directories, and the lower
- level consists of a list of files within a single directory. At
- the lower level, you can move directly to the next or previous
- directory by pressing a single key, and you can search across
- directory for strings of text. At either level, you can exclude
- all files that were uploaded before a specified date. It will
- optionally create an output file of selected file names, suitable
- for use with the BSD Unix batchftp or autoftp programs which are
- available in OAK.Oakland.Edu's /pub/misc/unix directory.
-
- msrch10a.zip performs fast searches of SIMIBM.IDX comma delimited file
- for user-specified text; the search takes only about 3 secs to
- search the entire file. Output of all matches are written to
- screen one page at a time or continuously. The program runs in
- interactive mode or via command line parameters.
-
- simlst1.zip is a menu-driven program which allows the user to search
- for a file or application by the file name, directory, or do a
- pattern match on the description. It takes the SIMIBM.IDX file
- as its input and can be updated with the monthly update files.
-
- simsrch2.c facilitates searching through the SIMIBM.IDX file. It
- supports keyword searches within selectable fields, starting and
- ending date boundaries, and user specified index files. It can
- also create (or append to) a SimTel request file which is suitable
- for e-mailing to the SimTel list servers. This program will
- compile and run under Turbo-C 2.0, UNIX ANSI C, and VAX/VMS C.
-
- simsch14.zip is a utility for Windows 3.x to scan/select entries from
- SimTel's SIMIBM.IDX index file.
-
- simvw25.zip and simvwdll.zip is a Windows 3.x utility to search, browse,
- and view SIMIBM.IDX.
-
- wsim21.zip is a Windows 3.x program that can convert SIMIBM.IDX to a
- dBase III .DBF file. It then uses this file to do searches on
- filename, directory or description. All searches are substring
- searches and are not case sensitive.
-
- Also available:
-
- cnvsim10.zip is a program which will convert the SIMIBM.IDX file to a
- Paradox table.
-
- idx2dat2.zip is C source for a simple program to convert a file in the
- format of SIMIBM.IDX into a data file compatible with the UNIX
- autoftp or batchftp programs (which do background ftp downloads).
- The normal usage is to filter simibm.idx to extract just the lines
- of the programs you want to download.
-
- quickref.lst is a quick reference list of SimTel MS-DOS directories.
-
- simcvt.bas and simcvt2.bas are BASICA/GWBASIC/QBASIC programs to convert
- SIMIBM.IDX to a human-readable text file.
-
- simcvt.c is a Unix C program to print SIMIBM.IDX.
-
- simcvt2.awk is an Awk script which converts SimTel .IDX index files
- to .LST list files.
-
- simcvt2.c is a Unix C program to search and print SIMIBM.IDX.
-
- simcvt.exc is a VM/CMS REXX program to print SIMIBM.IDX.
-
- simcvax.bas is a VAX/VMS BASIC V3.3 program to print SIMIBM.IDX.
-
- simcvt.for is VAX/VMS FORTRAN program to print SIMIBM.IDX.
-
- simcvt.sps is VAX/VMS SPS program to print SIMIBM.IDX.
-
- simcvt3.zip is a SIMIBM.IDX conversion utility for Turbo C
-
- simdisp.awk is an Awk script for displaying SIMIBM.IDX in outline form.
-
- simdisp.doc explains how to use simdisp.awk.
-
- simdisp.pl is a Perl script to print SimTel's SIMIBM.IDX.
-
- simflt10.zip extracts dirs from SIMIBM.IDX, writes to new file.
-
- simgrep2.prl is a Perl script to search SIMIBM.LST and display the
- selected files with directory and date.
-
- simgrep2.prl is a Perl script to perform regular expression searching on
- the SIMIBM.LST file. The search is case-insensitive. Matching
- entries are printed along with the directory in which they occur.
-
- simgrep2.sh is a Unix shell script to search and display SIMIBM.LST.
-
- simibm.db3 tells how to use SIMIBM.IDX with dBASEIII.
-
- simibm.hdr is a PC-File+ database header for use with SIMIBM.IDX.
-
- simibm.inf contains information on record structure of SIMIBM.IDX.
-
- simraz12.zip is a program to merge, shorten, rearrange SimTel indices.
-
- idx2dat.c is a program to make autoftp/batchftp scripts from SIMIBM.IDX.
-
- simail50.zip reads the output file of the SIMDIR22 program and translates
- it to multiple output files suitable for mailing to LISTSERV or
- TRICKLE file servers.
-
- fildif.zip is a program for comparing a previous copy of
- /SimTel/msdos/FILES.IDX with a new copy. It displays files added
- and deleted since you got an older index. This is useful if you
- are trying to maintain an archive in sync with SimTel. It can
- generate output scripts for batch FTP
- processing.
-
- /SimTel/msdos/FILES.IDX is a comma-delimited file, without descriptions,
- of the msdos directories, suitable for importing into PC-File+ or
- DBase III. This file is updated on a daily basis (sometimes several
- times a day when a lot of new files are uploaded). It is used by
- the mirror and TRICKLE sites.
-
- It's impossible to make a daily updated list with descriptions with the
- quantity of new programs available. We average about 360 new files per
- month.
-
- Mirror Sites That Offer SimTel Files
-
- See file /SimTel/msdos/filedocs/download.inf for the latest list of
- mirror sites.
-
- Where To Send Complaints, Problems, Questions
-
- Messages about files in the MS-DOS collection should be directed to
- w8sdz@SimTel.Coast.NET or w8sdz@Vela.ACS.Oakland.Edu.
-
- Messages about the mirror sites should be sent the administrator of
- the mirror site.
-
- Messages about the BITNET or EARN file servers should be directed to
- the system administrator at the server location.
-
- Internet BITNET
-
- "John Fisher" <FISHER@VM.ECS.RPI.EDU> <FISHER@RPIECS>
- "Marty Hoag" <INFO@VM1.NODAK.EDU> <INFO@NDSUVM1>
- "TRICKLE Maintainers" <RED-BUG@VM3090.EGE.EDU.TR> <RED-BUG@TREARN>
-
- SimTel does NOT run these servers.
-
- Keith Petersen
- General Manager of SimTel, the Coast to Coast Software Repository (tm)
- Internet: w8sdz@SimTel.Coast.NET or w8sdz@Vela.ACS.Oakland.Edu
- Uucp: uunet!simtel.coast.net!w8sdz BITNET: w8sdz@OAKLAND
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