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- 10/11/89 Version 1.40
-
- The jump from version 1.10 to version 1.40 was due to several failed
- attempts to get ARC to work from remote. Several different methods were
- tried, and all failed in one way or another. Many of the fixes, and
- additions were in some of the versions in between 1.10, and 1.40 which
- never got sent out since they didn't work properly.
- I have bunched all of the fixes, and additions since 1.10 into this
- section for version 1.40
-
- Fixes --------|
- V
-
- Weekday conversion routine fixed. We found out on 9/1 that the routine
- we were using for finding the day of the week (Sunday-Saturday) was off by
- one day. After doing some checking we found out that there were several
- months that it was off. These months were different for different years.
- I finally found a routine that I could rework to fit my needs and I have
- tested it through 1992 and it works properly for every month from January
- 1989 through December 1992.
-
- Small bug in the erase command while in Menu mode is also fixed.(bug only
- existed in MENU mode, and was not present in BATCH files) If you gave a
- specific filename GRUNT would say it was deleteing the file, but didn't
- actually delete it. If you used wildcards in the filename it would delete
- it. In any case it has now been fixed.
-
- NEW STUFF!!!!-----------|
- |
- v
-
- Added support for LHarc. This utilizes the same sub-menu as ARC.TTP. All
- commands are the same as those used in ARC. The exception is "LIST" which
- is not supported by LHarc at this time. All the rules that exist for using
- ARC through GRUNT must be followed for LHarc
-
- You can now get ARC, and LHarc to work from remote by using Andy Inman's
- *IO* progam (included). Andy has given me permission to distribute his
- program with mine. All that is required of you to get this to work is to
- follow the installation instructions for *IO*. You must also supply the
- path/filename for Rundoor.ttp (used by *IO* and included) in the GRUNT.SET
- file. See below for the changes to GRUNT.SET
-
-
-
- Due to the addition of LHarc support and the use of *IO* program to allow
- remote use of ARC, and LHard this requires a change in GRUNT.SET. You must
- insert the path/filename for LHarc and Rundoor.ttp (used by IO* program) in
- the places noted in this example GRUNT.SET file.
-
-
- J:\TEMP\ <--- Default path for GRUNT's files
- YES <--- Log status (Yes = On)
- J:\TEMP\GRUNT.LOG <--- Path/filename for GRUNT log file
- E:\TRANSFER\ARC521\ARC.TTP <--- Path/filename for ARC
- E:\TRANSFER\LH40ST\LHARC.TTP <--- ****NEW**** Path/filename for LHarc
- E:\FOREM\R_EMACS.TTP <--- Path/filename for BBS Emacs
- E:\FOREM\DOORS\RUNDOOR.TTP <--- ****NEW**** Path/filename for Rundoor.ttp
- 60 <--- Non-use timeout value
-
- >>>>>>>>>>>>>>Special note on LHarc version .40<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
-
- Version .40 Beta of LHarc has a few small bugs in it. The most prominent
- of these is when you are extracting files from an .LZH file. If the file
- you are extracting already exists and you tell LHarc to overwrite the
- existing file it DOES NOT erase the file, and simply appends the new copy
- to the end of the old file. Your best bet until a debugged version of LHarc
- arrives is to get a listing of files in the .LZH and make sure that you
- manually delete, or rename any conflicting files.
-
-
- Added a file search feature. This will show you all filenames matching
- the search mask along the path specified. You may open folders in the
- search path, or simply search a single path. If you decide to open folders
- GRUNT will open ALL folders it encounters in the search path. You can
- stop/start/abort the search using the same keystrokes for directories, or
- typing a file.
-
- Hear is an example.
-
- search d:\forem\*.* y
- ^ ^ ^
- | | |----Open folders
- | |
- | |----Path/mask
- |
- |----Command
-
- If you leave out either the search path/mask, or whether to open folders or
- not on the command line you will be prompted for them. This command only
- works in Menu mode, and is not supported in batch files.
-
-
-
- ********
-
- 9/1/89 Version 1.10
-
- Wildcard bug eliminated. Wildcards are now completely legal for ERASE,
- COPY, and either type of directory. They are now properly implemented so
- that if you use them in the Copy command only the files that MATCH the file
- being copied on the destination will be deleted.(I.E. copying *.* will no
- longer erase all files on the destination path. It will only erase the
- EXACT filename that conflicts)
-
- If you are copying a single file you may leave the filename blank, and
- only enter the pathname for the destination file. If either no filename is
- given, or the one given has ANY wildcards in it GRUNT will copy the file to
- the new location using the source filename.
- When performing a wildcard copy (I.E. ANY wildcards in the source filename)
- any filename entered in the destination file will be ignored, and GRUNT will
- use the source files name for the copy to the destination path.
-
- Wildcards are legal in the SOURCE pathname for the Append command. GRUNT
- will append ALL files matching the wildcards to the destination filename.
- This would come in handy to put all of your Routings text files into a single
- file for easier downloading, reading, etc. Naturally wildcards are illegal
- in the destination filename.
-
- Wildcards are NOT allowed in any of the filenames for the MERGE, RENAME,
- DFREE, EMACS, PATH, FREE, RESET command.
-
- Wildcards are NOT allowed in the destination filename when Adding, or Moving
- to an ARC, or the source filename when Extracting, or getting either type of
- list of files in an ARC. Wildcards are allowed in the files to add, move,
- list, verbose list, or extract.
-
- Wildcards are allowed with the TYPE command also.
-
- Wildcards ARE allowed in the source filenames for the Rweekday, and
- Sweekday commands, but GRUNT will only use the FIRST file matching the mask
- you enter. Wildcards are NOT allowed in the destination filename. I left
- the ability to use wildcards in the source file since we have a couple that
- we need the wildcards with over here since the filename changes from day to
- day.
-
-
-
- When using wildcards for the Append, Copy, Erase, or Type command when in
- MENU mode you will now see a prompt similiar to Dcopy. You can be prompted
- on individual filenames, or have all files matching used, or quit at any
- point. However if you are copying (I.E. e:\forem\forem.log to g:\forem.log)
- and the destination (g:\forem.log in this example) already exists it will
- NOT prompt you, and it WILL erase the file, and write out the new one if you
- choose to go through with the copy.
-
- When in batch mode and a wildcard is encountered for any of the commands
- where wildcards are legal the program assumes you know what you are doing,
- and follows your instructions EXACTLY.
-
- *******
-
- 8/27/89
-
- Conflict discovered!!
- If you use Mouse accelerator II you must turn the modem watch feature OFF
- or GRUNT will always think there is a carrier present. There's nothing I
- can do about this. It's something about the way MACCEL II patches into the
- OS to perform the modem watch. It makes the system 'think' that there is
- always a carrier.
-
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