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- 21 November, 1989
-
- To Southeastern U.S. PacketCluster Sysops:
- RE: DatClean, PacketCluster(C) direct binary file editor.
-
- DATCLEAN Commands:
-
- DATCLEAN is invoked by: DCL {datfilename}
- if you mess up, it will show you how to call it properly.
-
- UP,DN,PGUP,PGDN,HOME,END work as expected.
- (G)oto prompts for record number to go to.
- (E)dit brings up edit window, currently only for DX & OPERNAM .DAT files.
- (W)rite writes the changes on a page. Changes lost if page changed w/out (W).
- (T)rim trims off the end of the file starting at the highlighted entry.
- All the previous entries are saved with the same file name, but the
- ".OLD" extension. This allows the ".old" file to be archived without
- having to duplicate the trimmed part each time.
- (M)ark marks records for purging from the database. Marks are erased if
- page is changed without purging.
- (P)urge NOTE: This command WILL change your .DAT file. Back it up first to
- be safe, unless you become confident this command never fails to work
- properly!!
- Purges the marked files (see (M)ark) from the database.
-
-
-
- I hereby release this program to the public domain. I hope other
- PacketCluster(tm) sysops find it as useful as I have!
-
- 73, Dean W8ZF
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- 10 June, 1990 * Released to public domain.
- * Operation of Trim command changed from the beta version.
- * The mail editor has been deleted since Pavillion Softare
- changed the mail system structure to eliminate the
- msgdir.dat file.
- * The display now defaults to the END of the file when entering
- DCL since most editing is done on most recent entries
- (thanks K4CEF).
-