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@ ▄█ ██████████████▄ ███████ ▄███████▀ ▄███ ████████████████ ███████ ▄███████▀ ▄█████ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀████████ ███████ ▄███████▀ ▄███████ ███████ ███████▄███████▀ ▄█████████ ▄██████ █████████████▀ ▄███████████ ██████████████▀ ███████████▀ ▄█████████████ ██████████████▄ █████████▀ ▄███████▀███████ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀███████ ███████▀ ▄███████▀ ███████ ███████ █████▀ ▄███████▀ ███████ ███████ ███▀ ▄███████▀ ███████ ███████ █▀ The Archiver Version 1.34 BE SURE TO READ SECTION 6. AND 8. BEFORE STARTING ARV ! All changes to the last version are marked with three asterisks, ***, you can easily search for it. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARV -1- (c) Dirk Wriedt '91-'94 ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Contents │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ 1. Introduction 1.5. Installation 2. Description of the different displays 3. ARV and 4DOS 4. The "swapping files" function 5. Some notes 6. Configuration files 7. The environment variables ARV & ARVRES 8. License agreements / Thanks 9. Making a registered version 10. Arv partitions 11. The programs ARV_OPTI and ARV_SOS 12. Questions & Answers 13. Error codes and descriptions 14. Command line options 15. System requirements --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARV -2- (c) Dirk Wriedt '91-'94 ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ 1. Introduction │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ARV is a file database program. It can be used to organize the usual mess of tools, documents, small games, graphics, pascal sources, lists, etc. ARV is no real database where one must enter the disk number of every file and other stuff like date, comment etc., but ARV handles this on its own. ARV has to be installed on hard disk. The problem: ============ You just have got a small new utility (as can happen easily when you browse a mailbox and found something that can become interesting in the future) that consists of only one (archive) file or your friend gave you a disk with 25 little tools and you forgot its contents after one week. Now you would have to look for an empty disk, copy the file to it and note on its label that beside some text files, a printer utility and two pictures there is a new printer driver for WORD. And imagine two months later you need just this program (or a friend comes by and wants it from you) and have to search 200 Tools/Miscellaneous disks for it. ┌────────────────────┐ │ STOP IT !!!! │ └────────────────────┴────┬─────────────────────┐ │ HERE COMES ARV !!! │ └─────────────────────┘ Arv organizes your file collection. Of course not your applications like Pagemaker 4.0, Word for Windows or Turbo Pascal 6.0 since you probably have your own disk boxes for them. No, ARV is for all the small utilities and files that are hard to overlook. ARV is very easy to use. This is how ARV works: ────────────────────── a) Files are organized in groups (eg. Graphics, Soundblaster, Pascal sources etc.). b) Files are stored on disks. Each disk belongs to exactly one group. The files will be distributed among the disks by ARV itself. The user merely needs to insert the disks ARV requests from him. Files that are somehow connected can be linked together to handle them as one. Each disk gets a choosable identification and information where it is stored (eg. upper board left, box 3 etc.). c) To retrieve files from the archive the user only needs to select the desired files in the list and press a key. ARV then prompts him for the right disk and copies the file to a choosable directory. d) Files can be added or deleted to the archive without problems. The space from deleted files will be used by new files. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARV -3- (c) Dirk Wriedt '91-'94 The advantages are at hand : - no maintenance of the data is needed as in other database programs. The data is managed by the same program that archives your files: ARV. - the files can be retrieved quickly since ARV knows where they are stored (presumed one is able to find his disks) - the files will be simply copied to the disks with no further treatment and sorted in groups. If one stops to use ARV there is nothing to do. - if you get a new version of a packer etc. and you don't know where the old one is stored or if the new one is really the newest version you don't need to search your disk anymore. Just take a look in ARV's catalogue. Please print this document and read it! I know it could be better but programmers are the worst documentation writers on earth and I rather work on ARV than on its documentation... If you face any problems: Contact me, preferably by email (see license agreements for it). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARV -4- (c) Dirk Wriedt '91-'94 ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ 1.5. Installation of ARV │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ 1) Create a directory on your harddisk in which you want to install ARV. 2) Copy all the files you got from uncompressing the ARV archive into this directory. When in doubt, see section 8.3 for a list of the needed files. 3) Change to this directory (CD) and enter INSTALL to start the installation program. INSTALL is no real installation program but is merly needed to set up the directory for temporary files which is absolutely necessary. It will be referenced further as TEMP directory. This is all that is needed to start ARV. INSTALL prompts you for a path for the TEMP directory. Choose a directory that a) is on a harddisk partition with at least 5 MB of free space. ARV doesn't really need 5 MB but merely about 1 MB. For temporary storing of files more space could be needed though. b) is only used by ARV (it gets completely deleted sometimes !) INSTALL suggests <ARV directory>\TEMP. If the desired direcory doesn't exist ARV can create it for you. 4) Print this documentation. 5) Read it ! 6) Start ARV by changing to it's directory and type ARV. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARV -5- (c) Dirk Wriedt '91-'94 ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ 2.Description of ARVs list displays │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ The description of the key functions in a list display has been removed. Most of the key functions are shown in the bottom menu of a list display and they are also listed in the help page (press F1). You will find many special functions there, too. You should see it since a lot of options are explained there only. To have a good overview, you can of course print the help pages, too. It's helpful to have a printed copy of this text to understand the following explanations. 2.1 The group list (the first list you see after the program starts) ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── As mentioned before the files are bundled in groups. Each group should contain files that are similar in some way so it's easier to find files you don't know the name of. In the group list all groups are listed in alphabetical order. Each line shows the short name, the complete name, the number of disks and the overall size in bytes of this group. The short name is used to identify the disks that belongs to a group. A disk is usually named by the short name with a number appendend to it. Example: A group containing FAQs from Usenet can have the name "Frequently asked questions from Usenet" short name "FAQS" disk name "FAQS 1", "FAQS 2", "FAQS 3" etc. These short names are suggested from ARV when you assign a new disk to it but you can change them if you want to. However, the above method has some obvious advantages. The short names are intented to be the labels of the disks. This is all one has to write on a disks label. ARV recognizes his own disks by a file named DISK.ID that contains the internal number of a disk. This list is the only list one can see when no files are archived yet. So, for a good start a) read the next chapters carefully or b) read only the chapters 1.5 and 8. Then start ARV and hit "+". By doing this you tell ARV that you want to add new files to the archive. Don't worry, when you're lost. You can get help everywhere (well, almost) by pressing "F1". To go through the group list you use the cursor keys, if there are any groups, of course. By pressing <Enter> you enter the --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARV -6- (c) Dirk Wriedt '91-'94 2.2. Disk List for group "whateveritsname" ────────────────────────────────────────── Here are all the disks displayed that belong the the selected group. This is the identification (disk name), the free space, the drive letter the group short name, the disk location and the creation date of the disk. As mentioned in 2.1 before, the ID should be written on a disks label, because when ARV wants you to insert a disk it prompts you with this name, eg. "Please insert disk FAQS 7 into drive B". If you defined a location text it is also shown. Those who own a lot of disks should attach such a short description of a disks location, eg. "Box 4" or "Shelf top left". If you press <Enter> in this list you come to list 2.3. : 2.3. File List for disk "whateveritsname" ──────────────────────────────────────── Here are all files displayed that reside on the specified disk. Along with the file name, ARV stores & displays: File size in bytes, the file date, disk id, the group the file belongs to. When a file is a "primary file" of files linked together, the symbol "** H **" (H for "Hauptdatei", the appropriate german expression) appears to the very right in that line. When a file is linked to another file, but not the primary one of the bunch of files, the first few characters of the name of the primary file are displayed. This is the default setting. As in all other file lists, you may use <Tab> to switch to comments display and back at any time. "Hmmm. Really nice, but what do you mean with 'primary file' or files being linked together?" O.k.: Every now and then, it happens that you add files to your ARV archive that belong together somehow. As you have found the file you need, you won't want to search for the files belonging to this file. To assist you here, you may LINK files together. This is done in the way that one file is called the primary file, and the others are being linked to it. The important point here is that linked files can easily be retrieved alltogether just by marking one of the files for retrieval. Furthermore, you may decide to tell ARV not to list non-primary files on screen. This will make your lists more tidy. Use <Shift-Tab> to select wether non-primary files should be displayed or not. Of course, there are further lists to view, displaying the data by different criteria. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARV -7- (c) Dirk Wriedt '91-'94 2.4. List of files of group "whateveritsname" ───────────────────────────────────────────── As the name tells us: This is a list of all files belonging to the current group. 2.5. List of all disks ────────────────────── This is a list of all your ARV disks. What else should it be? Useful to have an overview over how much space is left on your disks. 2.6. Liste "all files" ────────────────────── Guess what... All your archived files. And this can be a *long* list. Same data as in 2.3. 2.7. List "add new files to ARV" ──────────────────────────────── This is no real ARV list, but a directory list. You mark files to be included in the ARV archive using <Enter> or <Space> or <Grey Plus> and then tell ARV to start the archiving process (by pressing <End>). While marking files to be archived, they may already be linked. All files and directories in the current (chosen) directory are displayed. Linked files have the same small letters written behind them. The function key assignments are displayed in the last screen line, if set. See chapter 6 on how to use function keys. Please use F1 in this list to learn about the numerous possibilities. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARV -8- (c) Dirk Wriedt '91-'94 ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ 2.8. Flags (Attributes) │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Files and Disks may have flags or attributes assigned to them They signal that the file or disk have special properties. The disk flags are displayed in the disk lists, to the very right of the disk description line. The file flags are viewed by pressing <Enter> in a file list. Ok, lets take a look at the flags. ┌────────────────┐ │ file flags │ └────────────────┘ As it stands, there is only one type of file flag, the "marked" flag. A file is marked if it appears in the list of marked files. ARV keeps track of marked files in two ways: A file marked in inserted in the "marked files" list, and its "marked" flag is set. This is necessary because of the fact that a) ARV has to show what files are marked in the lists; you want to see what you have marked, don't you? It would be too slow to look up each file in the "marked files" list as it it displayed; thus, the flag is needed. b) ARV has to know what files are marked when retrieving, deleting or doing elsewhat with all marked files. It would take too long to search the whole ARV data file for marked files; so we need the "marked files" list. You tell which files are marked by the ■ (i.e. a white block) right behind the file name in the file lists. ┌──────────────┐ │ disk - flags │ └──────────────┘ "S" : This disk is locked and no more files will be put on it. Use CTRL-F10 to Lock/Unlock a disk. "K" : This flag is only used when describe_arv is set to "ja", "yes" or "on." It is set automatically when a comment to a file residing on this disk is being changed. The next time the disk happends to be accessed by ARV, the comments are updated. Use CTRL-F10 to do this manually. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARV -9- (c) Dirk Wriedt '91-'94 ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ 3. ARV and 4DOS │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ARV supports the 4DOS DESCRIBE command. When a new file is added, ARV automatically detects the presence of a 4DOS style descript.ion file in the same directory as the file and takes over the appropriate file comment for the new file. For those who do not know about descript.ion files: These are simple description files to allow 4DOS's DIR command to display a file comment along with the file name. A typical 4DOS description file looks like this: 4print.arj The 4print landscape printing program simpsons.txt Simpsons Episode Guide arv134.arj Latest ARV program version i.e. each text line begins with the file name, followed by a space and the description text. If describe_arv is set, the ARV comment will be written to the ARV disk in 4DOS description style. That means that the 4DOS "dir" command will list the files on ARV disks along with their descriptions. Should your ARV data files (*.AR? - files) get corrupted and you have to rebuild them using the CTRL-F10 "add whole disk" function, the file comments won't be lost: ARV can read them from the descript.ion files. So please leave describe_arv on. if describe_geholt is set, retrieved ARV files will be equipped with a 4DOS style comment. This has many advantages: The files you have retrieved to your hard disk will have 4DOS comments. If someone of your friends takes the files with him, he will have the comments along with the files and does not have to invent them again... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARV -10- (c) Dirk Wriedt '91-'94 ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ 4. The "swapping files" function (registered version only) │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ARV supports swapping of files. If you and your friends all use ARV, and regulary look at each other's files, ARV assists you in looking for files your neighbor has and you don't. Provided you have not set the option gesehen_liste to "no", ARV maintains a list called XXXXXXXX.ALL, where XXXXXXXX is your registration serial number. This serial number is important to distinguish different .ALL-files. The file XXXXXXXX.ALL stores name, size and date information of all files you have ever "met". These are all files you have ever added to your ARV data files (even if they are deleted by now), or files you have seen using the "swapping files" function and decided not to add. And that's how it works: Somebody "A" with ARV registration number XXXXYYYY walks over to his friend "B" with ARV reg. number UUUUVVVV. He takes some empty disks with him, along with his file XXXXYYYY.ALL. "A" copies XXXXYYYY.ALL to his friends "B"'s ARV directory. "B" runs ARV, switches over to any file list, and presses CTRL-F8. (*) He chooses the "swapping files" function from the appearing menu. ARV searches its data directory for any .ALL files and finds XXXXYYYY.ALL. Now "B"'s ARV marks all files that do not appear in "A"'s list. Don't worry, this is very fast. As a result, all files are marked that "A" has never seen before. Now "A" switches over to the "list of marked files" using "H" and browses through the marked files, deleting files from the list he doesn't want. "A" can now retrieve the files from "B"'s ARV in the usual way, i.e. by pressing CTRL-H. Note: The old mark list in _not_ erased before the marking process, i.e. the files are marked additionally to these marked before. Please also consult the option dateien_vergleich in chapter 6. "B" then moves these files to the disks he has brought with him. If more files are new than could me marked (there is a limit on the maximum number of marked files, see 5.8.), ARV tells you so and you will have to repeat the process from (*). After all files have been retrieved, ARV has already deleted XXXXYYY.ALL and created a new files VVVVYYYY.DIF. This is a file containing information about all files "A" has met in this session, that means, of course, all files "B"'s ARV has states as being new. Thes files "A" did not want to take with him are in this list, too. "A" goes home and copies "VVVVYYYY.DIF" to his ARV data directory. The next time "A" runs ARV, ARV finds the .DIF file and adds all the files in it to XXXXYYYY.ALL. Afterwards, the .DIF file is being deleted. "A" will now add the files he got from "B" in the usual way. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARV -11- (c) Dirk Wriedt '91-'94 "Now, what the heck?" The next time, "A" takes his .ALL file to friend "B" or "C", the friend's ARV will be able to determine which files "A" has already seen and which files are new. Note: ───── "A" is not obliged to take the VVVVYYY.DIF file with him. In this case, when he uses "swapping files" with "B" the next time, he will be presented all files he did not take with him again. That is clear, as theses files have not been added to "A"'s .ALL file. The files "A" took with him are of courses anyway in his .ALL file. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARV -12- (c) Dirk Wriedt '91-'94 ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ 5. Notes │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ 5.1. Printing of this documentation file ──────────────────────────────────────── Using PRINT arv.dok or COPY arv.dok prn 5.2. Speed ────────── ARV should be run with a hard disk cache installed. All list display will be noticably slower without a cache installed, as ARV keeps very few data entries in memory. All data is fetched from the hard drive as soon as it is needed. This way, ARV will maintain up to 2147483647 groups/disks/files. To speed data access, ARV has a built-in record level cache. If EMS is available, the overlay management will be faster. 5.3. virus protection ───────────────────── ARV.EXE has a built-in virus protection. Every time ARV is run, the first 64 and the last 64 bytes are checked. If the checksum check fails, ARV will issue a warning and refuse to run. You will have to replace ARV.EXE and ARV.OVR from the original archive file. Please do not use .EXE-compressing tools like LZEXE or PKLITE to compresse the ARV executables. This will confuse the virus check. You should not use CRC-checking tools that append a checksum to the end of the executables, either. The documentation to ViruScan by McAffee associates mentiones this. 5.4. Special functions/should anything go wrong ─────────────────────────────────────────────── Should any of your ARV files get corrupt or lost, simply delete it using the standard "DeL)ete" function from the ARV catalog, inserting the ARV disk as requested. ARV does not check the file's existance when deleting. In earlier version, rumor had it that ARV could hang itself up when a list is selected, especially if there was no data to display. In this case, use CTRL-ALT-DEL to reboot your computer. No ARV data will be lost, just check that your write-behind-cache (if installed) has written its data. In the disk lists ───────────────── The special functions are called via CTRL-F10. The special functions menu appears. These functions are available: disk check. Compare the ARV data against actual disk data. ARV checks if there --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARV -13- (c) Dirk Wriedt '91-'94 are exactly the files on the disk that ARV has stored in his data files. If any files are missing either on the disk or in the ARV catalogue, this will be corrected. lock/unlock disk Toggle "locked" state of disk. This disk will will be no more looked at when selecting a disk for a new file. rewrite comments As the name suggests, the comments of the files on this ARV disk are rewritten. Note that the comments are only written to disk if describe_arv is set. If this option is unset, ARV will erase the descript.ion file on this disk. Normally, this function should not be needed, as ARV automatically keeps track on which komments have been changed and have to be rewritten. remove disk The disk selected will be removed from the ARV data files. No files will be physically deleted, nor the disk will be requested. Use this function if a disk has gone lost. reread free disk space Re-read free space on disk. Apart from that, ARV re-reads the cluster size, i.e. the smallest unit that can be allocated. Use this function after moving the contents of an ARV disk to another disk, e.g. from 5.25" to 3.5". ARV then needs to know about the changed figures. write DISK.ID You may let ARV write the id of the selected disk anywhere you like. Use this function if the DISK.ID file of any ARV disk has been corrupted. In the groups list ────────────────── CTRL-F10 will add a whole disk to the ARV catalog system. This disk will belong to the currently selected group. Use this function a) if you have a disk full of files which all fit into one ARV group. b) to re-read ARV data after system crash, if your *.ARV files have gone lost or got so corrupted ARV_SOS can not repair them. In the file lists ───────────────── CTRL-F10 and CTRL-F8 call up the special file functions menus. CTRL-F10 gives you access to functions dealing with one file, CTRL-F8 deals with more general operations. Amongst them are: remove "marked" flag from all files ─────────────────────────────────── ARV is keeping track of marked files in to ways: All files marked are kept in a list. This is necessary to allow fast access on all marked files. All files marked carry a special "marked" flag. This way, ARV can show you the files marked in the file lists (■) without searching the --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARV -14- (c) Dirk Wriedt '91-'94 "list of marked files" for each file. When you quit ARV, all of the "marked" flags will be removed. When ARV is terminated abnormally, e.g. when a "runtime error" occurs, the "marked" flags will not be removed. This way, files may have the "marked" state without actually being marked. This function will clear alle "marked" flags. MarkByMail - function ───────────────────── ARV will request the name of a text file. This file will be treated as a list of file names, i.e. all file names have to start at the same column. All files in this list will be marked. Imagine you have set ARV to automatically send a list of new files to all your friens via electronic mail each time you add new files to the ARV system. Your friend edits the list and saves it to disk. He walks over to you with the disk, activates MarkByMail and schwupp-di-wupp (as we germans say for "in no time") he has the files marked in your ARV system and retrieved to his disk. "swapping files" function ───────────────────────── There is a whole chapter dedicated to this function. Please consult chapter four. 5.5. ──── <obsolete> 5.6. ──── In earlier version, rumor had it that ARV could hang itself up when a list is selected, especially if there was no data to display. In this case, use CTRL-ALT-DEL to reboot your computer. No ARV data will be lost, just check that your write-behind-cache (if installed) has written its data. 5.7. ──── It is not possible (yet?) to copy files to multiple disks as they are retrieved. You have to retrieve the files to your hard disk and copy them to disk afterwards. 5.8. ──── maximum number of marked files The maximum number of marked files ist 1000. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARV -15- (c) Dirk Wriedt '91-'94 5.9. ──── Important note: ARV does not check the maximum number of files in the ARV disks' root directories. As you know, the root directory of each disk can only hold files up to a disk-size specific maximum (e.g. 112 on a 3.5" 720k disk). ARV will crash with a runtime error if this number is exceeded. If this has happened, use the "disk special functions" to lock this disk. 5.10. ───── If you are using ARV non-registered, you can not use other people's ARV *.ARV data files (e.g. by copying them over your data files). If you are a registered ARV user, you _can_ use other people's ARV *.ARV data files (whatever the reason may be). You should _not_ use, however, the data files of non-registered users as they will no more be able to access the files. This restriction does not apply if you are installing other people's data files as another than the primary partition (e.g. by using "copy \mikes_arv\*.arv \my_arv\*.ar2" to install mikes ARV data files as your 2nd partition). 5.11. ───── On being run, ARV creates a file named ARVAKTIV.SEM in the ARV data directory (see chapter 7.). This file is deleted when you leave ARV. ARV will refuse to run if it detects this file. This is to prevent you from running ARV twice (from a shell, for example) or running ARV tools (ARV_SOS or ARV_OPTI) while ARV is still accesssing the data files. Note that ARVAKTIV.SEM is not created in the executables directory (see chapter 7) so that you have another copy of ARV running at the same time as long as it accesses a different set of data files. ARV_SOS, ARV_OPTI, RESETARV and ARVEXPO also check for and create ARVAKTIV.SEM. ARVAKTIV.SEM consists of a single line of text: XXX description XXX is a three-digit number which identifies the program that is currently accessing the data files. "description" gives you the same information in textual form. Should ARV terminate abnormally, e.g. due to a run time error or a hard or soft reset, ARVAKTIV.SEM will not be deleted. Consequently, ARV will refuse to run next time you try to. In this case, you will have to delete ARVARKTIV.SEM manually. löschen. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARV -16- (c) Dirk Wriedt '91-'94 ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ 6. The ARV configuration files │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ 6.1. ARV.CFG ──────────── ARV.CFG is the ARV's main configuration file. It may look like this: [ARV] tempdir=c:\temp zeigeverbund=no selbegruppe=off linkerrand=5 wartevorseite=on i.e. each line begins with an option identifier (which is always german, or a mixture between english and german, the germans like using english expressions because the german expressions are a bit longish sometimes). The option identifier is followed by an equal sign or a space, followed by the value to set the option to. Lines beginning with * are ; are ignored, use these to include comments in you config file. Empty lines are allowed but ignored. Please read chapter 7 on where to put your ARV.CFG file. Ooops, [ARV] does not quite fit in this pattern. Why that? ARV.CFG is no longer used exclusively by ARV, but by ARV tools, too. For exmaple, the ARVDIR configuration can also be done in ARV.CFG. The configuration section for ARV has to be started with [ARV]. The ARV config section ends a) at the end of the file ARV.CFG b) at any line of the form [XXX], where XXX is the identifier of the program whose configuration data follows. Only one section [ARV] is allowed. If you have not used or are not going to use the INSTALL program: You _have to_ set the option tempdir. tempdir has to point to an empty directory on your _hard disk_. The hard disk hosting this directory should have enough space to buffer files you are going to retrieve from your ARV system. 5 MB are advisable. Please specify the full path name for tempdir, for example: tempdir c:\arv_tmp This is the only option you are obliged to set. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARV -17- (c) Dirk Wriedt '91-'94 Other options are (you really should print this file!): afx_verz=path name If you specify a path here, ARV will search all .AFX-files in this directory to get file comments. Example: afx_verz=c:\lists\afx will make ARV search the c:\lists\afx directory for .afx-files and search theses files for comments. Only if the search in all these files fails, ARV will search the files given by "files_bbs" options. File commments are searched for for files to be added that don't have a comment, or by pressing K or CTRL-K in the "file addition" file requester. Thus, one afx_verz directive will save you from multiple files_bbs directives. To learn about .afx files, please consult compfls.dok. .afx files are file lists compiled using COMPFLS.EXE that can be searched much faster that plain text files. ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── alternative_liste=on/off ARV normally displays file name, file size, file date, ARV disk id and the file's group in all file lists. Alternatively, you may have displayed the file name and its comment. The display mode can be changed by <Tab>. To set the default mode, use the option "alternative_liste": alternative_liste on selects file comments alternative_liste off selects normal display mode. The default setting is "off". ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── altf1=... up to altf10=... Adding new files to the ARV archival system is often not as straightforward as one expects. Many of the files in your "misc. files" directory have been there for long, and you do not remember what they where for or what type of program is hidden in HEYABC.ARJ. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARV -18- (c) Dirk Wriedt '91-'94 Of course, you have tools to view archives and pictures, but it would be tedious to do all the sorting out of files by hand. To aid you, the function keys alt-f1 to alt-f10 may be assigned DOS commands to be executed to do anything with the currently marked file. The syntax is altf1=__Command1;comment1 .. altf10=__Command10;comment10 The first two characters after the equal sign do not belong to the command to be executed, but enable special treatment: For the first character: _ nothing special M Multi: This command will be called for each marked file. T wait for keypress after execution W Both M and T options. For the second character: _ nothing special L the directory will be re-read after execution (use this for commands that delete or create files!) In the command text, % will be substituted by the name of the selected file, $ by the name of the file chosen with "N". Examples: altf5=_Ldel % deletes the file, then re-rereads directory. altf2=T_aview % Shows the contens of any archive by calling "aview". altf7=M_lha a $ % adds all marked files to the archive which name was chosen using "N". Note: You should make the archive file name always point to a file name on your hard disk, e.g. by specifying altf7=M_lha a c:\tmp\$ % otherwise the archive file will be created in the current directory. You can assign comments to your function keys: anything after a ";" in the key assignment will be ignored for the command as be used as a comment for the key. This comment will be displayed in the last screen line. See neu_info_modus on how the comments are displayed. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARV -19- (c) Dirk Wriedt '91-'94 ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── auswurf=on/off If set to on, a form feed will be sent after a print job is completed. ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── belegung_bequem=on/off ARV automatically selects an appropriate disk for files to be added to the ARV system. The disk is selected by the algorithm chosen by the \strategie~ option. However, it may occur that, as a file is to be added, by chance a disk just has been inserted which belongs to the same group as the new file and has enough free space to carry the file. The selected algorithm may choose a different disk for the file, which would require an extra disk change. To avoid that, thus saving time, you may state that ARV should put the file on the disk already in the drive. This may not coincide with the "strategie" algorithm selection, but what the heck? belegung_bequem on selects "lazy" behaviour belegung_bequem off selects "proper" disk selection The default setting os "off" (for maximum disk usage). ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── cond_zeichen=0..255 Using cond_zeichen, you tell ARV how many characters fit in one line when using condensed print (see condcode) on your printer. The default setting is 135. ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── condcode=control sequence Same as for picacode, but to select condensed print (17 cpi) on your printer. Default setting is condcode=15 Set the line length for this print mode using cond_zeichen. See druckinit on what the sequence should look like. ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARV -20- (c) Dirk Wriedt '91-'94 datei_vergleich=0/1/2/3 When using the "swapping of files" fuction, ARV compares "your" and "the other one's" files to determine the files new to you. datei_vergleich specifies when two files are considered to be the same. 0 tells ARV to ignore file size and file date. Two files are considered to be the same if they have the same name. 1 tells ARV to take the file sizes into account, i.e. two files will have to be of the same size and of the same name to be considered as being identical. 2 tells ARV to take the file dates into account. 3 tells ARV to take both file size and file name into account. The default setting is 3, not allowing you to miss any file. ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── describe_arv=on/off This option controls wether ARV files will be equipped with comments in a 4dos style descript.ion file on the ARV disks. Please leave this option "on". Should your *.AR? files should get corrupted, your file comments will be lost if you have not enabled it. With "describe_arv on", you can simply re-read all your disks' contents using the "add whole disk" special function. The only (minor) drawback: Less space will be on the disks for ARV files, as the comments will be stored on them, too. However, usually, they use up just a few hundred bytes. If this option used to be on, and you switch it off, the existing descript.ion comments files will be removed from the ARV disks in the future. You do not have to worry that the comments on the ARV disks could be different from the comments kept resident by ARV: As soon as a file comment is being changed, the disk will be marked with the "K" flag to signal that the file comments need refreshing. The desription file will be re-written as soon as possible (e.g. the disk is inserted into the drive because files are to be retrieved). ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── describe_geholt=on/off This option controls whether retrieved files will be equipped with comments in a 4dos style descript.ion file. on : as files retrieved have a 4dos style comment (i.e. in the same directory, a file named "descript.ion" will be created that holds a short description of the file) off : the above will not be done --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARV -21- (c) Dirk Wriedt '91-'94 When you are using 4DOS, you should of course set (leave) this option "on". However, it is a very interesting thing for non-4dos-users, too: When retrieving files for someone to take them with him who also uses ARV, the comments will be read by the other ARV system. The comments will, of course, be lost when the file is being copied by the standard dos (not 4dos) "copy" command. The default setting is "on". Please also refer to "lange_arv_kommentare". ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── directvideo=on/off For Turbo/Borland Pascal Users, this option corresponds to the DirectVideo Variable. on : Text will be written directly to the screen memory. Fast. off : The BIOS will be used to display text. Safe. default is on. ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── dkf=Laufwerksliste Please give the letters of all your 3.5" drive, so that ARV can display the correct pictures with disk requests. For example, dkf=AB if both your A and B drives are 3.5". dkf="" if you do not have any 3.5" drives. The default setting is dkf=b. ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── doppelt_version=on/off Enable/disable file version checking. When a new file is going to be added, ARV checks if this file already exists in the ARV catalog. You may also let ARV check if there is already another version of the file. This is controlled by this option. ARV compares the file names to decide if the files are to be considered the same or not. Files are compared this way: ARV searches for a numerical digit from the fourth position on. If any --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARV -22- (c) Dirk Wriedt '91-'94 are found, and less than two characters are following, the file name is cutted off at the position of the digit. Both file names will be treated this way. The files will be considered to be the same if the remaining strings are the same. Some examples: "ARV1_23" == "ARV1_24" "4PRINT2" == "4PRINT3" "4PRINT2" <> "5PRINT2" When this option is turned on, and a new to be added file's name matches any other of the existing files' names, it will be presented to you in the same way as if exactly this file was found in the ARV data files. If "doppelt_version" is turned off, ARV will only warn you if the file name you are going to add exactly matches the name of a file already in the ARV catalog. ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── druckertest=on/off "druckertest" selects wether ARV will check if the printer is ready before printing. This only works with parallel printers. If you are using - a printer connected to one of your serial ports - a network printer you should set it to "off". ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── druckerport=1/2 If you have set "druckertest" to "on", you have to set the parallel port you are printing to with this option. E.g. use druckerport=2 to tell ARV the printer is connected to LPT2:. To achieve high compatibility, ARV does not print directly to this port, but to the PRN device. Thus, this option is only required to provide ARV with the information necessary to be able to check if the printer is ready. The default setting is "druckerport=1". ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── druckinit=control sequence druckinit defines a sequence of characters to be sent to the printer before printing. All characters have to be given by the respective ASCII code. Example: druckinit=27 64 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARV -23- (c) Dirk Wriedt '91-'94 will send <Esc>@ before each print. By default, druckinit is empty. ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── fbbs_descol=... See files_bbs=... The default setting is 19. ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── festplatten=list By default, ARV treats all drives but A: and B: as floppy, that is, removable, drives. If that is not the case in with your system, please specify all hard disk letters here. You may have used SUBST to make A or B being a directory on your hard drive or you may be working in a network environment with H pointing to some floppy drive. festplatten=CDEGHI would tell ARV only drives C:, D:, E:, G: and H: are not removable. In doubt, you should rather consider a drive removable than non-removable. The correct setting of this option is more important as you might expect at first, but ARV needs this info to decide if a file to be copied has to be buffered on the hard disk and things alike. ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── files_bbs=<file> The name of this option is derived from the name of a description file used by bulletin board systems (BBSs) to describe the contents of files provided for download. files_bbs defines the name & path of a FILES.BBS-type file to be searched for a file comment if no descript.ion comments is found. The file extension is be ignored. The search can be aborted by <Esc>. Example: files_bbs=g:\fd\files.bbs ARV expects the file name to start at the first column and the description to start at the column specified by files_bbs. You can specify up to 20 files_bbs files. The current fbbs_descol value is memorized for each files_bbs file, so you can have different description columns for each file. Example: . . files_bbs=c:\fd\02420257.lst fbbs_descol=20 files_bbs=c:\fd\fredfile.lst --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARV -24- (c) Dirk Wriedt '91-'94 fbbs_descol=17 files_bbs=c:\fd\miscfile.lst . . will define three file lists, with ARV looking for the description at the 19th column in 02420257.lst, at the 20th column in fredfile.lst and in the 17th column in miscfile.lst. You will soon discover that the lookup in text files is very slow. If you have long file lists to search, you should compile them using CompFLS. CompFLS will transform any file list to a compiles list with a .AFX extension. Please see compfls.dok on how to do that. The search in .AFX file lists is incredibly fast, compared to standard text search. ARV ist intelligent: If the file you have specifies does not exist, ARV will look for a file with the same name but extension .AFX. Even if the file exists, but a corresponding .AFX list exists, too, ARV will look the file name up in the .AFX file list, as this is faster. For clarification: concerning files_bbs=g:\fd\file\02400060.lst If file ... exists then g:\fd\file\02400060.lst g:\fd\file\02400060.afx no no error (but see below) yes no standard text mode search no yes fast .AFX search yes yes fast .AFX search ┌───────────────────────────┐ Now, │ what is a FILES.BBS file? │ └───────────────────────────┘ A FILES.BBS style file is a standard text file looking like this: SUPER1.LZH This is really great XYZ.TXT The new xyz tool BALLER.ARJ Shoot'em up by Abc inc. Each line begins with a file name, and ends with a description for the file. The starting position of the description may vary. Note: If the first character of the file name is a "!", ARV will not report an error message if the file does not exist, but will simply skip that files_bbs entry. The "!" will be cut off from the file name. This is a special feature if you want to use files.bbs files that reside in the same directory as the files to be added. You would then add an option like files_bbs=°.\files.bbs --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARV -25- (c) Dirk Wriedt '91-'94 to your ARV.CFG. ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── gesehen_liste=on/off Only "off" will make sense here (default setting is gesehen_liste=on), and only for registered users. If you set gesehen_liste=off, ARV will not maintain the XXXXXXXX.ALL file you need to use the "swapping files" function for yourself. This will save you some, but not much, disk space. .ALL files of others will be treated in the normal way if gesehen_liste is off. ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── kommentaresofortschreiben=on/off Up to version number 1.29, ARV has rewritten the file comments for any ARV disk as soon as a new file has been written to it. From 1.29 on, ARV waits until the next disk change. This will save you time because of no more unnecessary ARV disk descript.ion updates. So kommentaresofortschreiben is set to off. If you want to revert to the old behaviour for maximum safety, set kommentaresofortschreiben on. If you have set describe_arv to "off", this option is irrelevant to you (but think it over again!). ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── kommentarnachfrage=on/off By default, ARV will ask you for confirmation when it has found a file comment by searching any file list. You may choose that you will always accept the first comment ARV finds, and set kommentarnachfrage off There is an exception, however, if you have specified a directory to search for .AFX-files (see option afx_verz). ARV will always scan for comments in all of the .AFX-files in this directory before presenting a list of all comments found. The AFX file search method is fast enough to permit this behaviour. ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── lange_arv_kommentare=on/off on : Full length comments (79 chars) will be written to 4dos-style-descript.ions on ARV disks. 4DOS below version no. 4.0 will be confused by this. off : The comments written to the descript.ion files --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARV -26- (c) Dirk Wriedt '91-'94 on the ARV disks will be truncated to 40 chars. This option is ignored if describe_arv is set to off. The default setting is on. ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── lange_hol_kommentare=on/off The same as for lange_arv_kommentare, but for 4DOS-style descript.ions written during file retrieval. This option is ignored if desribe_geholt is set to off. ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── lindex_divisor=SomeValue The performance index displayed by the "Statistics" page will be divided by whatever you specify here. Thus, to set the performance index to 1, read its value, then put it here. The default setting, who would have guessed, is 1. ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── linkerrand=0..255 When printing, ARV will leave this number of characters blank on each line as a left margin. ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── markbymail=<file name> Anything you specify here will be the default file name preset when invoking the MarkByMail function. ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── maxzeilen=yes/no/auto maxzeilen defines which video mode ARV should run in. yes : use 43(EGA)/50(VGA) line mode. Switch back to 80x25 on exit. no : use 80x25 mode. auto : Do not change video mode. ARV will use the currently active video mode. If you are not using a VGA/EGA adapter, you should select "no". ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── nach_aufnahme=<dos command> You want to keep a list of files you have added recently? You want to send a list of new files to your friends by email each time you add new files to ARV? nach_aufnahme specifies a DOS command to be executed after any files have --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARV -27- (c) Dirk Wriedt '91-'94 been added to the ARV catalog. Please give the complete path to the command, too (unless, of course, the command is DOS internal, e.g. COPY). Prior to executing the nach_aufnahme command, ARV will write the file "AUFNAHME.TXT" to the ARV data directory. AUFNAHME.TXT is a text file containing information about added files, one on each line. By default, the file's name, length, date and comment are listed. The file format can be chosen freely via the "AUFNAHME.CFG" config file. See chapter 6.2. As an example, I have enclosed NACHRICH.BAT, which demonstrates how nach_aufnahme can be used to mail a list of new files to your friends. This command will keep a list of all files added in c:\arv\new_files.txt: type aufnahme.txt >>c:\arv\new_files.txt ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── neu_datei_vergleich=0..3 This option works just like "datei_vergleich", bu it refers to how are files being compared when using the "mark all files already in ARV" and "unmark all files already in ARV" in the "Add new files" file requester. 0 tells ARV to ignore file size and file date. Two files are considered to be the same if they have the same name. 1 tells ARV to take the file sizes into account, i.e. two files will have to be of the same size and of the same name to be considered as being identical. 2 tells ARV to take the file dates into account. 3 tells ARV to take both file size and file name into account. The default setting is 3, not allowing you to miss any file. ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── neu_info_modus=-1..2 neu_info_modus defines what is to be displayed in the last screen line in the "adding new files" file requester. neu_info_modus can take one of the following values: -1 - automatic: Display file comment, but switch to appropriate display when shift or alt is held down. 0 - Display Altf1..Altf10 dos command function key comments 1 - Display Shiftf1..Shiftf10 path function key comments 2 - Always display file comment The default value is -1, and there should be no reason to change it. ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARV -28- (c) Dirk Wriedt '91-'94 pica_zeichen=0..255 Using pica_zeichen, you tell ARV how many characters fit in one line when using standard pica print (see picacode) on your printer. The default setting is 79. ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── picacode=sequence picacode defines the sequence of characters to be sent to the printer to select (standard) pica pitch, i.e. 10 cpi. The default setting is picacode=18 See option druckinit on how the sequence should look like, and pica_zeichen on how the line length for pica can be changed. ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ppp_aufdisk=on/off If you have selected file comment display using "alternative_liste" (please see there), you can choose what to do with files without a comment: select "ppp_aufdisk on" to make ARV display the id of the disk the file is archived on. "ppp_aufdisk off" to leave the comment space blank. ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── randoben=0..255 When printing, ARV will leave this number of lines empty at the top of each page, as a top margin. Default is no, none, zero, nothing. ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── s_swapping=on/off s_swapping controls if ARV will try to swap itself out of precious low memory (lower 640k) when you are "shelling to DOS". Remember: The DOS shell is invoked by pressing CTRL-S or F9. on: ARV will try to swap. It will swap to EMS, if available, or to a file named "ARVxxxxx.$$$" in the ARV.EXE directory. xxxxx will be 5 digits 0-9. This file has the "hidden" attribute set, so you won't see it using dir, but using attrib. This way, ARV will occupy only about 5000 bytes. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARV -29- (c) Dirk Wriedt '91-'94 off: ARV will not try to swap. On systems with slow disk access, this will save you time if you don't have EMS. The former is the default setting. ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── seitenlaenge=0..255 seitenlaenge specifies the number of lines that fit on one page when printing. This should include the top margin set by randoben. The default is 65. ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── selbegruppe=on/off If you already link files to be added in the file requester (where you select the files to be added), you usually would like to have the linked files to belong to the same group as the primary file. Give "selbegruppe on" to make ARV always put the linked file into the same group as the primary file. ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── shiftf1=... to shiftf10=... Most people will have some directories they collect new files until they are to be arved, that means, added to the ARV catalogue system and written to ARV disks. To save you lots of keypresses, you may use thie shifted function keys as "path macros", assigning a path to each that can be easily recalled just by pressing the appropriate shift-function key. The syntax is: shiftf1=path;comment e.g. shiftf1=c:\dfue\down;download will assign the c:\dfue\down path to shift-f1, with the comment "download". The comment will be displayed in the bottom screen line. See neu_info_modus for further details. ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── standardverz=path This sets the default directory for adding files. When you select "add new files" for the first time, ARV will display this directory. ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARV -30- (c) Dirk Wriedt '91-'94 strategie=0..2 Using strategie, you select the algorithm ARV uses to select the appropriate disk for a new file to be added to the ARV system. Possible choices are: 0 : "Best fit" - the file will be assigned to the disk which will have the least space remaining after the file has been copied to it. This strategy will result in the most "disk jockey" work, requiring the most disk changes. ARV disks will be used in a most effective way, leaving as least space as possible. This is the default algorithm. 1 : "First fit" - The file will be assigned to the FIRST disk that has enough free space on it. This means, disks will be filled in the order "Tools 1", "Tools 2", "Tools 3" etc. This effectively results in disks with lower serial numbers being filled as soon as possible. 2 : "Last fit" - The file will be assigned to the LAST disk that has enough free space on it. This means, disk will be filled in the order "Tools 7", "Tools 6", "Tools 5" etc. Using this method, newer files will be found on disks with higher serial numbers. NOTE: No new disk will ever be created if there is enough space on one of the disks belonging to the file's group. ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── swapping=on/off This option decides wether ARV will swap itself out of memory when a DOS command is executed. This may be the "nach_aufnahme" DOS command, or a command activated by pressing "Alt-.." in the "add new files" file requester. Please consult the description of "s_swapping" on how to use "swapping". The default setting is "on". ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── toddlkomm=on/off The name of this option might sound a bit strange, it originates from the name of the beta-tester who by any means needed this function. on/yes : When asking for text entry, always use last input as default. off/no : Don't do it. The default setting is "off". ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARV -31- (c) Dirk Wriedt '91-'94 turbo_files=on/off When entries in the GROUPS.ARV, DISKS.ARV & FILES.ARV data files are being deleted, the are kept free until a new group, disk or file (respectively) are created. ARV then searches for the next free entry and uses it to store new data. When adding files, this may be lengthy, because ARV will have got to search the whole FILES.ARV for free entries. Of course, this approach serves space by re-using the entries freed once. You may speed up the addition of files by setting "turbo_files on". With "turbo_files" enabled, ARV will not look for unused entries, but append the new entry to the end of FILES.ARV. This works much faster, but the FILES.ARV size increases much faster, because of the "holes" not being filled. Use ARV_OPTI to optimize FILES.ARV from time to time. The default setting is "turbo_files no". ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── wartenachseite=on/off on : before each form feed, ARV will wait for a keypress. off: this will not happen. ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── wartevorseite=on/off on: after each form feed, ARV will wait for a keypress. Use this to print on single sheets with manual feed. off: as you might expect. ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── zeigedatei=command Put in name & path of your favourite file lister here, e.g. zeigedatei=c:\tools\list.com % If set, ARV will not use its own lister when Z is pressed in the "add new files" file requester, but execute this command. "%" is substituted by the file name. You really should set this one, the built-in lister s++++. ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── zeigeverbund=on/off As you know, you may link files together that belong together or are useless one without the other. You may then wish that only the first of the linked files --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARV -32- (c) Dirk Wriedt '91-'94 (the "primary file") should be displayed in the ARV lists. zeigeverbund off does exactly this. Use <Shift-Tab> to change the display mode temporarily. ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Note: ───── Some of the above options require a DOS command. You may specify there anything you could type at the DOS prompt. The current directory may be changed, ARV will change it back afterwards. paths should not be longer than 80 characters. colours ─────── ARV's display colours may be changed. This is done along with the configuration in ARV.CFG. Each colour is set with colour_option_name=number where number is one of the following: 0=black 1 = blue 2 = green 3 = turquois 4 = red 5 = magenta 6 = brown 7 = light gray 8 = dark gray 9 = light blue 10 = light green 11 = light cyan 12 = light red 13 = light magenta 14 = yellow 15 = white any colour + 128 = flashing colour background colours are limited to 0..7. The coour options are: hintergrund background colour. This options should be set first. This one overwrites all other background colours but meldung_hg. rahmenfarbe border colour listenfarbe lists, misc. text listenfarbe_cursor lists, highlighted text (cursor) listen_cursor_hg lists, highlighted text (cursor) background menue_farbe menu colour (the two lines near the bottom) verz_grund directory display : misc files verz_cursor " : cursor verz_cursor_hg " : cursor background verz_verz " : directories verz_mark " : marked files verz_cmark " : cursor on marked file verz_cmark_hg " : " background fehler_farbe error messages (error display line) info_farbe info line colour (below error display line) buchstaben_menue highlighted letters in menu --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARV -33- (c) Dirk Wriedt '91-'94 buchstaben_verb "linkage" letters in directory display ergebnis_prima "Files addition results:": "good" files ergebnis_mist " : "bad" files ftastenzeilea first colour of function key display (bottom line) ftastenzeileb second colour ftastenzeilea_hg background colours ftastenzeileb_hg " hilfe_hg help background hilfe_rahmen help border colour hilfe_text help misc. text hilfe_text2 help highlighted text 1 hilfe_text3 help highlighted text 2 stata_text statistics text 1 *** statb_text statistics text 2 stata_hg background colours statb_hg meldung border & text pop-up windows meldung_hg background pop-up windows By setting the cursor-background colour to a different one than the "hintergrund" colour, you get a "bar" colour. If you are using a monochrome display, you should use the settings in MONOCHRO.CFG, i.e. add the options given there to you ARV.CFG. If you are using a hercules graphics card, you will have to find the colour settings for yourself. 6.2. ARVNEU.CFG and ARVNEUx.CFG files ───────────────────────────────────── ... where x is a number 1..9. As explained in chapter 6.1. option "nach_aufnahme", ARV creates a textfile named AUFNAHME.TXT before executing the nach_aufnahme command. By default, AUFNAHME.TXT looks like this: TSRROT2.LZH 3965 16.07.90 TP-Source: TSR fuer ROT-13-Screencodierung X00V130J.ARJ 102378 14.07.91 Fossil-Treiber Each line contains the file's name, size, date and comment. All partitions will use this file layout, you may define different file layouts for every partition, though. This is done through ARVNEU.CFG or ARVNEUx.CFG. Before creating the AUFNAHME.TXT file, ARV sees if a file named ARVNEU.CFG or ARVNEUx.CFG (x=1..9) exists. ARVNEU.CFG if the current partition is the primary one, ARVNEUx.CFG with x=partition number otherwise. ARVNEU.CFG or ARVNEUx.CFG look similar to ARV.CFG, but without the [ARV] marker. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARV -34- (c) Dirk Wriedt '91-'94 Valid options are: BEFEHL <DosCommand> ─── changes the command set by nach_aufnahme. MAXLAENGE <MaxLaenge> ─── sets the maximum line length to <MaxLaenge> characters. All lines will be cut to that length. DATEI <FileName> ─── specifies that <FileName> should be used instead of AUFNAHME.TXT. TITEL <Header line> ZEILE <file info line> Each of these two options may apper up to five times. TITEL describes text lines written at the beginning of AUFNAHME.TXT. The ZEILE lines will be written to AUFNAHME.TXT for each file. And, the most important thing, the following macros can be used: $$ : a $ character [1] $T : current date: Day [2] $M : current date: month [2] $J : cuurent date: year [2] $P : name of partition [60] $F : file name * [12] $S : file size * [7] $I : file size/1024 * [4] $D : disk id * [20] $A : disk storage * [10] $G : group name (long name) * [40] $Z : short group name * [8] $K : file comment * [79] $U : ("T"+1) file date : day * [2] $N : ("M"+1) file date : month * [2] $Y : file date : year * [2] $L : lots of spaces [79] The field length is given in brackets []. Any field will be filled with spaces up to this length. Each macro can be followed by [], [number], [x] or [number,x], where x=L R or Z: [] do _not_ fill with spaces. Each macro will occupy exactly as much space as the text it represents. [number] change field length to number [Z] centers the text [R] outputs the text right-aligned (default for $S) [L] outputs the text left-aligned (default for all others) [number,x] to combine length and alignment Examples: ZEILE $F[30,Z] will center the file name within a field 30 characters in length. ZEILE $F $S $U.$N.$Y $K outputs file name, size, date and comment in table form: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARV -35- (c) Dirk Wriedt '91-'94 TSRROT2.LZH 3965 16.07.90 TP-Source: TSR fuer ROT-13-Screencodierung X00V130J.ARJ 102378 14.07.91 Fossil-Treiber ZEILE $F[] $S[] $K[] outputs file name, size, date and comment without filling spaces: TSRROT2.LZH 3965 16.07.90 TP-Source: TSR fuer ROT-13-Screencodierung X00V130J.ARJ 102378 14.07.91 Fossil-Treiber Try it! 6.3. Automatic group selection - AUTOGRP.CFG / AUTOGRPx.CFG ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ARV can save you lots of time when adding new files to the ARV system by proposing you a group to put a new file in. Quite often, files have already comments assigned to them that lead to the appropriate group or the file extension gives a clue where the file is gonna go. In these cases, ARV can preset the group selection cursor to the correct group, and all you have to do is confirm it by pressing return. The files controlling this feature are AUTOGRP.CFG or AUTOGRPx.CFG respectively, AUTOGRP.CFG for the primary partition, AUTOGRPx.CFG, where x=1..9, for the other partitions. These files look like this: :MODs .MOD :GIFs .GIF :ZyXEL Zyxel ZFAX To make it clear: The short name of any group is preceded by a colon ":". It is followed by any number of lines containing text to be searched for in the file name and description. As soon as the search is satisfied, it is ended and the corresponding group will be proposed for this file. AND condition. If any line ends with a \ (backslash), the following text also has to be in the file name & comment cobination. If the next line also ends with a \, the line following that one, too, etc. The following example will assign files to the group Animals which have ".GIF" in file name or comment as well as "animal": :Animals .GIF\ animal Negation. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARV -36- (c) Dirk Wriedt '91-'94 By a "!" at the start of any line, the text will be inhibiting the group assignment. Example: :Games game\ !VGA Will put all file with "game" in file name or comment into the "Games" group, excluding files with "VGA" in their name or comment. Upper- and lower case is ignored in AUTOGRP.CFG. You may include comments starting with "*" or ";", but not in a row of "AND" conjunctions: * put all pascal sources into PASCAL group :pascal .PAS * all over-18 GIFs SexyGif :sexygif sex\ .GIF * all other GIFs to the miscgif group :miscgif .GIF etc. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARV -37- (c) Dirk Wriedt '91-'94 ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ 7. The ARV environment variable, ARVRES environment variable │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ By default, ARV expects ARV creates ARVCOPY.EXE *.ALL ARV.CFG *.DIF FILES.AR? AUFNAHME.TXT DISKS.AR? GROUPS.AR? SYS.AR? ARV.HLP *.ALL *.DIF ARVNEU*.CFG AUTOGRP*.CFG ARV.OVR ARV.RES in the same directory as ARV.EXE. If the ARV environment variable exists, e.g. by setting it with SET ARV=c:\2ND_ARV ARV will expect ARVCOPY.EXE ARV.HLP ARV.OVR ARV.RES in the same directory as ARV.EXE, as before ARV expects ARV creates ARV.CFG *.ALL FILES.AR? *.DIF DISKS.AR? AUFNAHME.TXT GROUPS.AR? SYS.AR? *.ALL *.DIF ARVNEU*.CFG AUTOGRP*.CFG in the directory pointed to by the ARV environment variable. In this way, you may have several independant ARV systems installed without having multiple copies of the executables files. See chapter 10 for further description on how to use this feature. ARV.RES underlies further special treatment. This file is needed by all .EXE files but ARVCOPY.EXE. These programs all look for ARV.RES in the directory they reside in. For example, if you execute c:\arv\arvexpo.exe, ARVEXPO will look for c:\arv\ARV.RES. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARV -38- (c) Dirk Wriedt '91-'94 This should be the normal case. If any .EXE file have to be put elsewhere, away from ARV.RES, you have two possibilities: a) You copy ARV.RES to the respective directory for each .EXE file. b) You set the ARVRES environment variable to point to ARV.RES, e.g. SET ARVRES=c:\arv\arv.res. The file name has to be included. If you want to use both the german and the english ARV Version, use either set arvres=c:\arv\deutsch.res or set arvres=c:\arv\englisch.res after you have copied arv.res from the english ARV version to englisch.res and the arv.res file from the german ARV version to deutsch.res. The english and german language kits are available seperately from where you got ARV from, ARVxxxEL.ARJ and ARVxxxDL.ARJ respectively. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARV -39- (c) Dirk Wriedt '91-'94 ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ 8. License agreement/thanks │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ 8.1. DISCLAIMERS ──────────────── I DISCLAIM ANY WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, ORAL OR WRITTEN, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL I BE LIABLE FOR ANY INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES WHATSOEVER ARISING OUT OF USE OF THE PROGRAM OR YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH ME. I have thoroughly tested ARV, and as far as I can judge and from experience, it is safe in operation. If you do not agree to these conditions, you may not use ARV. 8.2.Registration ──────────────── ARV is neither public domain nor freeware, but Shareware. It took me quite a long time to make ARV run at first, and it took even more time to make it run properly. Every improvement takes much time and energy. Writing the english documentation file took a whole lot of time, too. This is why I command that everyone using ARV more than three months has to register himself for doing so. This provides positive feedback for me (why should I invest time in something noone uses) and is considered to be as appreciation from you. Becoming a registered ARV user in not diffucult nor expensive. Just send in the registration form. See register.txt. ARV may not be used in a commercial environment. Being registered, you may use the file swapping function and create partitions within you ARV system. You can not do that with unregistered ARV.EXE versions. I don't restrict ARV that way to make you register, but for the files swapping function, a serial number is needed, and using the partitioning concept, you can overcome the evaluation period. I hope that ARV will prove itself useful to as many people as possible. Me, that is: Dirk Wriedt, Kirsebek 15, D-24376 Kappeln, Germany Electronic-Mail : Fido Address : 2:240/2120.8 Internet : dirkw@toppoint.de As of: 1.12.94 I invite you to send feedback, improvent tips and bug reports. I always try to give respect to your hints as far as possible. You may order the latest version of ARV using the update.txt order --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARV -40- (c) Dirk Wriedt '91-'94 form. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARV -41- (c) Dirk Wriedt '91-'94 8.4. Program protection/evaluation period ───────────────────────────────────────── ARV is Shareware, that means it has the great advantage that you can try it before you buy it and you know exacty what you are going to buy. Whoever uses this program longer than the evaluation period of 90 days should have made his mind up wether ARV is of use to him or not. In the latter case, he should stop using ARV. If ARV proves to be useful to him, he should take the effort and register it. ARV is very cheap. Of course, some people don't see this. To force these people to register ARV, - ARV will stop working after three months of usage. - ARV will stop working after the 600th run. ARV will not destroy data after the evaluation period has expired. It will simply stop running. You can determine the time left at any time; it is shown on the "Statistics" page shown by F2. The evaluation period begins as you run ARV for the first time on "untouched" .ARV files, i.e. the ones in the ARV package or files freshly created using RESETARV. If you want to check things out and play a little around, you should use RESETARV before you are really archiving your files to be sure to have the full three months of evaluation period left. Remember to send in the registration form at least three weeks before the evaluation period expires, so that you can continue using your .ARV files without interruption. As soon as you have got your key, you can proceed working with ARV. NOTE: Your ARV files may take damage if you try to manipulate ARV.EXE. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARV -42- (c) Dirk Wriedt '91-'94 8.5. The ARV data file format ───────────────────────────── ... is not secret. If you would like to develop tools for ARV or programs using the ARV data files, as for example, Thorsten Drewes has done with ARVDIR, please contact me. I do not enclose this information here, as I would like to know about who is doing what. You don't hear much from your users, you know ;-) 8.6. A whole lot of credits go to ───────────────────────────────── Thorsten "Toddl" Drewes for lots of good ideas and really pushing ARV. Thorsten did the routines for the VGA lines detection, the really nice pictures of the disks, the ARV logo and ---> ARVDIR <---. You should really try it. Peter Langhans for his good thoughts and criticism. Arnd-Henning "AHA" Siebs who had the idea of the built-in cache (I would not have believed the speed improvement) Kai Ackermann for being a good beta-tester. Michael Rittweger for spreading the ARV word and the program through his Fido mailbox BLIZZARD 2:240/2120. Jens Mueller for spreading ARV over the whole world and who handles the payment by credit card for me Helge Sjoestroem who turned out to be the 1.34 reference beta tester The swapping is done using the EXECSWAP unit by TurboPower Software (c) 1988. I am using the version patched by Bill Burleigh & Rich Cromer. Thanks a lot for these powerful procedures. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARV -43- (c) Dirk Wriedt '91-'94 ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ 9. Registering ARV │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Upon your ARV registration, you will receive the file ARV.REG which consists of three text lines and may thus be transmitted via e-mail or by voice, too. ARV.REG has to be copied into the same directory as ARV.EXE. Then, run REGARV (no parameters). REGARV will ask you for the key's password. This is the password needed to validate this key. You only need this password if you have given one on your registration form. If you don't have any password, just press <Enter>. The hard disk will be busy for 30-50 secs. Afterwards, ARV.EXE will be branded with the data in ARV.REG. REGARV will end up with "successful" if it was able to brand ARV.EXE. Using this ARV.REG file, all further ARV-Versions can be registered, so keep it well! Of course, you may NOT give copies of ARV.REG to others. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARV -44- (c) Dirk Wriedt '91-'94 ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ 10. Partitions │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Although ARV allows you to group your files comfortably using the ARV Groups, you may meet the need for a more coarse division of your files. You have two possibilities to do that. a) Creation of two directories, one for one set of data files and the ARV executables, and one for a different set of data files. In fact, you may create an arbitrary number of data directories. Then, set the ARV environment variable accordingly to the directory the data you wish to use resides in. That means - you will have different ARV.CFG files for each data directory - you will have different .ALL-files (see chapter 4.) for each data directory. b) Create another partition in the ARV directory you are using anyway. Now, what is a "partition"? Normally, the ARV data files are named "FILES.ARV", "DISKS.ARV", "GROUPS.ARV" and "SYS.ARV". In the same directory, you may create nine other sets of data files. Any set of data files is called a partition. The partition which uses *.ARV files is called the "primary partition", all other partitions use *.ARx files, where x is a number from 1 to 9. That means, each partition consists of the data files FILES.ARx, DISKS.ARx, GROUPS.ARx and SYS.ARx, with the partition number being x. For x=0, the primary partition, ARV files are used. You may create a new partitions in two ways: copy another partition, e.g. with copy *.ARV *.ARV2 will create a new partition (partition #2). use RESETARV, which will create an empty partition: RESETARV /3 will create empty FILES.AR3, DISKS.AR3, GROUPS.AR3 and SYS.AR3 files. When you run ARV, you will see the primary partition. You can switch between partitions by pressing "p" in the Group List. Non-existent partitions will be described "free partition". All other partitions are displayed by their description. Using CTRL-B, you can enter a description for the currently highlighted partition. As you call this menu for the first time, ARV will create a file named PARTINFO.ARV which will hold the descriptions for all your ARV partitions. Using of the partitioning principle will result in - same ARV.CFG file for all partitions - same .ALL file for all partitions. You may even combine methods a) and b). This is for advanced users only, you may easily get confused... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARV -45- (c) Dirk Wriedt '91-'94 b) may only be done by registered users. Sorry. PLEASE NOTE In both cases, a) and b), any ARV partition or data file set is totally independent of all others. That means, ARV can NOT distinguish wether any disk belongs to the currently active partition or not. The DISK.ID disk identifying files on the ARV disks do not specify the partition the disk belongs to. KEEP THAT IN MIND or you will get in trouble... However, it's not as dangerous as it sounds ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARV -46- (c) Dirk Wriedt '91-'94 ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ 11. The ARV_OPTI and ARV_SOS tools │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ 11.1. ARV_OPTI ────────────── The more files, disks or groups are active on you ARV system, the longer the mean data record access time gets. The cause is that, the larger your .ARV data files get, the more seeks have to be done when accessing the records in alphabetical order. The data files get more and more "out of order". To add to that, deleted records become "holes" which have to be skipped over. ARV_OPTI can cure this for the FILES.ARV and GROUPS.ARV files. ARV_OPTI can physically sort the records in these data files, making access in alphabetical order *very* fast. Using a write-behind disk cache will ARV_OPTI very quick in optimizing your files, so do it as often as you like. The DISK.ARV file may not be optimized, because the DISK.ID files directly point to the disk's record number in DISKS.ARV. In an early ARV_OPTI version, I overlooked that, and one of my beta-testers had to re-add all his ARV disks... Try ARV_OPTI without any parameters to see how it works. 11.2. ARV_SOS ───────────── Of course, ARV is not bug-free. I am keeping great care in making sure that, at all times, a crash of your computer (whether it was ARV's fault or not) will not result in serious damage to your ARV data files. Really. However, we all know: it will happen that the data files will get corrupt some way, and ARV will display nonsense. This is what ARV_SOS is for. ARV_SOS will correct the data files' size, check all of the internal references between files, disks & groups and will completed rewrite all this information. PLEASE make back-up copies of all your data files of the partition to optimize. You never know... Run ARV_SOS without any parameters to see instructions. NOTE: After using ARV_SOS or ARV_OPTI, ARV will have to re-create some tables, so the first run of ARV will take a *bit* longer. Please have patience... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARV -47- (c) Dirk Wriedt '91-'94 ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ 12. Questions & Answers │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Q: How may files can be marked for retrieval, deletion... ? A: Up to 1000 files may be marked at any time. Q: I would like to retrieve more files than will fit on the (floppy) disk I want them to be copied to. A: ARV does not (yet) support that. Please retrieve the files to your hard disk, and copy them to floppy disk afterwards. Q: I would like to move a file from one group to another. A: Use "retrieval with deletion". Retrieve the file to your hard disk, then re-add it to the other group. To move a whole disk to another group, remove it using one of the disk special functions, then add the whole disk to ARV. Q: I have a whole disk full of files that I want to add to my ARV catalogue system. All files may be included in the same group. A: Please use the "add whole disk" function. Try CTRL-F10 in the "Groups" list. See chapter 5.4.. Q: Alt-... does not work anymore in a list, or jumps to the wrong place. A: One of ARV's index files is corrupt. Run ARV /i to make ARV rebuild it. Run ARV /i /<PartNr> for any other partition than the primary one. Q: How do afx_verz and files_bbs options work together? A: The directories given by afx_verz options will be searched first. Simply, because .AFX files can be searched much faster. Q: I have FIDO net access and need the text format file lists additionally to the .AFX style list to be able to make FIDO file requests. A: To save time & space, use AFXREQ. This is a fast & neat file request program which creates.MSG request files and makes use of the .AFX files. Try it! Magic AFXREQ at 2:240/2120. Or see the box you got ARV from... Q: F1 does nothing. A: Three possibilities: a) the file ARV.HLP is not in the same directory as ARV.EXE. b) the tempdir directory does not exist. c) there is no help at this point. Try F1 just after starting ARV. In the group list, there IS help available. Q: Oh no! My computer crashed and the ARV data seems corrupt now! A: Read chapter 11 and try ARV_SOS. Q: What is FIDO? What do these numbers like 2:210/3783 etc mean? A: Remain calm. The FIDO(tm) net is a world-wide net of electronic mailboxes who communicate via modem. People discuss almost everything in the public "AREAS" or send private NETMAIL to each other. Worth considering for you, too :-) ARV does support FIDONet members using the files_bbs option. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARV -48- (c) Dirk Wriedt '91-'94 Q: What the hell does "F1" in the upper left corner tell me? A: Stupid question. Try and press it! "F1" means "here is help available". Altough no F1 appears in the standard lists, help _is_ available. Q: My registration key does not work! A: Please note that your name is case-significant, as well as the third text line of the key. Your name is written in the same way you wrote it on the registering form. German "Umlaute" or other special characters may have gone lost or being malformed if transferred electronically. You will have to correct this by hand. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARV -49- (c) Dirk Wriedt '91-'94 ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ 13. Error codes │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Not all error messages are issued in plain text format. Maybe, this will change one day, but a lot of errors, especially the fatal ones, are described by one to three error codes explaining what happened any why it did happen. Error code 0 no description available 2 file not found 3 path not found 4 too may files open 5 file access denied 6 invalid file pointer 12 invalid access mode 15 invalid drive number 16 current directory may not me removed 17 attempt to rename across drives 100 read error 101 write error 102 file not assigned 103 file not open 104 file not open for reading 105 file not open for writing 106 invalid numeric format 150 disk write proteced 151 unknown device 152 drive not ready 153 unknown command 154 checksum error 155 invalid disk parameter block 156 error in sector 157 unknown format 158 sector not found 159 printer out of paper 160 write error on device 161 read error on device 162 hardware error Error codes from 200 to 1999 will result in ARV to terminate. 200 division by zero 201 range check error 202 stack underflow 203 heap overflow 204 invalid pointer operation 205 floating point overflow 206 floating point underflow 207 floating point general error 208 overlay manager not installed 209 I/O error while reading overlay file 1001 ARV interal error: The primary partition could not be --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARV -50- (c) Dirk Wriedt '91-'94 re-opened to write checksums. 1002 DISK.ID file of ARV disk could not be opened 1003 DISK.ID file could not be read from 1004 requested ARV partition (through /0../9) could not be opened. 1005 the ARVAKTIV.SEM file could not be deleted. The second error code tells you, why. 1006 despite ARV got enough free memory space from DOS, it could not be allocated for heap variables. 1008 when rewriting .ALL file: neither the originally active nor the primary partition could be opened after rewriting the .ALL file. The second error code refers to the error while opening the original partition, the third one tells you why opening the primary partition failed. 2001-2255 partition could not be opened. this error code adds up from the error codes of multiple possible errors. These errors do have the values: 1 FILES.ARx does not exist 2 DISKS.ARx does not exist 4 GROUPS.ARx does not exist 8 SYS.ARx does not exist 16 GROUPS.ARx could not be opened 32 DISKS.ARx could not be opened 64 FILES.ARx could not be opened 128 SYS.ARx could not be opened 2256 On error has occured while trying to delete a file from the temporary directory. The second error code gives the reason why. 3000-3256 ARVCOPY.EXE error. The last three digits tell you why ARVCOPY failed: 30 no buffer memory 31 source file could not be accessed 32 target file could not be accessed 33 source file not found 34 read access denied 35 read access: invalid file handle 36 write access denied 37 write access: invalid file handle 38 source file size could not be determined if the last three digits are out of this range, see other error codes. Possible causes of some errors 5 maybe a file is write protected which should not be? Should ARV terminate due to a runtime error, the file ARVAKTIV.SEM might not be deleted. Please read chapter 5.11. on this topic. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARV -51- (c) Dirk Wriedt '91-'94 ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ 14. command line parameters │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ARV does recognize these parameters: /0 .. /9 choose the partition to be opened initially /i makes ARV rebuild the ALT-x letter index of the chosen partition if this index is corrupt, the ALT-x jump may not function, or new files, disks or groups may be not inserted properly. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARV -52- (c) Dirk Wriedt '91-'94 ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ 15. System requirements │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ MS-DOS 3.20 or later hard disk with at least 2MB of free space (for the executable files) at least one floppy drive 350k of free lower memory 8086 processor or later ;-) Strongly recommended: hard disk cache EMS memory --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARV -53- (c) Dirk Wriedt '91-'94 ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Index │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ *.ARV .................................................. 16 .AFX ............................................... 18, 25 .ALL ............................................... 26, 45 .ALL-files ............................................. 11 .DIF ................................................... 11 17 cpi ................................................. 20 4DOS ................................................... 10 4DOS style comment ..................................... 10 <Shift-Tab> ............................................ 7 access time ............................................ 47 Ackermann, Kai ......................................... 43 add a whole disk ....................................... 14 add new files to ARV ................................... 8 AFXREQ ................................................. 48 afx_verz ............................................... 18 alternative_liste ...................................... 18 altf ................................................... 18 ARV .................................................... 5 ARV data file format ................................... 43 ARV environment variable ........................... 38, 45 ARV hangs .............................................. 13 ARV.CFG ............................................ 17, 45 ARV.RES ................................................ 38 ARVAKTIV.SEM ........................................... 16 ARVDIR ................................................. 17 arvival of new files ................................... 8 ARVRES environment variable ............................ 38 ARV_OPTI ............................................... 47 ARV_SOS ................................................ 47 Attributes ............................................. 9 AUFNAHME.TXT ....................................... 28, 34 auswurf ................................................ 20 AUTOGRP.CFG ............................................ 36 Automatic group selection .............................. 36 belegung_bequem ........................................ 20 Best fit ............................................... 31 capacity ............................................... 13 colours ................................................ 33 command line parameters ................................ 52 comments display ....................................... 7 CompFLS ................................................ 25 COMPFLS.EXE ............................................ 18 condcode ............................................... 20 condensed print ........................................ 20 cond_zeichen ........................................... 20 configuration files .................................... 17 credits ................................................ 43 dateien_vergleich ...................................... 11 datei_vergleich ........................................ 20 delete disk ............................................ 14 DESCRIBE command ....................................... 10 describe_arv ........................... 10, 14, 21, 26, 27 describe_geholt .................................... 10, 21 descript.ion ................................... 10, 21, 26 directvideo ............................................ 22 disk - flags ........................................... 9 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARV -54- (c) Dirk Wriedt '91-'94 disk check ............................................. 13 Disk List .............................................. 7 disk selection strategy ................................ 31 DISK.ID .................................... 6, 14, 46, 47 dkf .................................................... 22 doppelt_version ........................................ 22 DOS command ........................................ 31, 33 Drewes, Thorsten ....................................... 43 druckerport ............................................ 23 druckertest ............................................ 23 druckinit .............................................. 23 Error codes ............................................ 50 evaluation period ...................................... 42 EXECSWAP ............................................... 43 fbbs_descol ............................................ 24 festplatten ............................................ 24 FIDO ................................................... 48 FIDO net file request .................................. 48 file comment ........................................... 24 file flags ............................................. 9 File List .............................................. 7 file version checking .................................. 22 files_bbs .............................................. 24 First fit .............................................. 31 Flags .................................................. 9 form feed .............................................. 32 function keys ...................................... 18, 30 gesehen_liste ...................................... 11, 26 group list ............................................. 6 hercules graphics ...................................... 34 INSTALL ................................................ 5 Installation ........................................... 5 Introduction ........................................... 3 kommentaresofortschreiben .............................. 26 kommentarnachfrage ..................................... 26 lange_arv_kommentare ............................... 22, 26 lange_hol_kommentare ................................... 27 Langhans, Peter ........................................ 43 Last fit ............................................... 31 License agreement ...................................... 40 lindex_divisor ......................................... 27 line length ............................................ 30 link files ............................................. 32 linked files ....................................... 7, 8 linkerrand ............................................. 27 list displays .......................................... 6 lock/unlock disk ....................................... 14 lost ARV files ......................................... 13 LZEXE .................................................. 13 markbymail ............................................. 27 MarkByMail - function .................................. 15 maximum number of data file entries .................... 13 maximum number of marked files ......................... 15 maxzeilen .............................................. 27 MONOCHRO.CFG ........................................... 34 monochrome display ..................................... 34 Mueller, Jens .......................................... 43 nach_aufnahme ...................................... 27, 34 neu_datei_vergleich .................................... 28 neu_info_modus ......................................... 28 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARV -55- (c) Dirk Wriedt '91-'94 Notes .................................................. 13 number of marked files ................................. 15 other people's ARV files ............................... 16 PARTINFO.ARV ........................................... 45 Partitions ............................................. 45 performance index ...................................... 27 picacode ........................................... 20, 29 pica_zeichen ........................................... 28 PKLITE ................................................. 13 ppp_aufdisk ............................................ 29 primary file ....................................... 7, 33 primary partition ...................................... 45 printer connection ..................................... 23 printer line length ................................ 20, 29 Printing of this documentation ......................... 13 Questions & Answers .................................... 48 randoben ............................................... 29 re-read ARV data after system crash .................... 14 read free disk space ................................... 14 Registering ARV ........................................ 44 Registration ........................................... 40 registration key does not work ......................... 49 remove "marked" flag from all files .................... 14 remove disk ............................................ 14 RESETARV ............................................... 45 retrieval with deletion ................................ 48 rewrite comments ....................................... 14 Rittweger, Michael ..................................... 43 seitenlaenge ........................................... 30 selbegruppe ............................................ 30 serial number .......................................... 11 shiftf ................................................. 30 should anything go wrong ............................... 13 Siebs, Arnd-Henning .................................... 43 Sjoestroem, Helge ...................................... 43 special file functions ................................. 14 Special functions ...................................... 13 Speed .................................................. 13 standardverz ........................................... 30 strategie .............................................. 31 strategy ............................................... 31 SUBST .................................................. 24 swapping ............................................... 31 swapping files function ............................ 11, 26 swapping of files ...................................... 21 switch between partitions .............................. 45 System requirements .................................... 53 s_swapping ............................................. 29 TEMP directory ......................................... 5 tempdir ................................................ 17 temporary directory .................................... 17 thanks ................................................. 40 toddlkomm .............................................. 31 top margin ............................................. 29 TurboPower Software .................................... 43 turbo_files ............................................ 32 unmark all files ....................................... 14 virus protection ....................................... 13 ViruScan ............................................... 13 wartenachseite ......................................... 32 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARV -56- (c) Dirk Wriedt '91-'94 wartevorseite .......................................... 32 write DISK.ID .......................................... 14 zeigedatei ............................................. 32 zeigeverbund ........................................... 32 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARV -57- (c) Dirk Wriedt '91-'94