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- XL (former XList) v2.1 © 1995-96 Mindshadow/Foundation.
- Multi-function fileidentifier for Shell.
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- ---- !! ----------------------------------------------------------------
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- The mailware concept requires you to, if you like and use XL,
- send me a mail, see the end of this documentation for my net/snail
- address.
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- Table of contents
-
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Requirements
- 3. Installation
- 4. History
- 5. Usage and parameters
- 6. Copyright notice
- 7. Author and address
-
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-
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- 1. Introduction:
-
-
- XL is a fileidentifier for use in Shell only. It uses "FileID.library" by
- Bloodrock/Syndicate to identify files. It has a lot of options and to under-
- stand its purpose and get as much as possible out of this program - please
- read the whole of this (relativly short) document.
-
- The reason of the change of name from XList to XL is that I found another
- utility with the name of xList on the Aminet. And I think that the other
- xList does "deserve" its name because its related to the XPK package thus
- the letter "x" in the beginning. I didn't thought of that when naming my
- program in the first place - so therefor I renamed my tool to XL! :)
-
- Many new functions added and improved, for instance;
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- · Possible sorting of files/dirs.
- · Now supports standard AmigaDOS wildcards such as ~#? etc
- · Smaller size due to the fact that "my" filestypes is included in the
- library. Or will be soon?
- · Recursive listing.
- · Search/only flags w/ filetypes.
-
- ( · A LFORMAT option used to generate powerful scripts is on its way, I'm
- working on it! )
-
-
- 2. Requirements:
-
-
- - An Amiga with at least OS2.0 I guess.
- - FileID.library version 7.0+ is present in "LIBS:".
- - Some KB's of free memory of course. Shouldn't use too much unless
- the "SORT/S" flag is used.
-
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- 3. Installation:
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-
- Still, I have not included any installation script or similar because it's
- so easy to do this "by hand":
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- 1. Copy the file 'libs/FileID.library' to LIBS:
- 2. Copy the executable (XL) to someplace in your path. (C: preferably)
- 3. Copy this document if you want to be able to read it later.. :)
-
- These files should always be present in the archive:
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- XL - The executable file (68000)
- XL.020 - The executable file (68020 or better)
- XL.doc - The documentation
- Libs/FileID.library - Version 7.0
- Locale/#? - For localized output
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- ( File_id.diz | XL20.readme )
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-
- 4. History:
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-
- Version 2.1: ( 7284 bytes )
- ------------
-
- · Updated version and date strings. Those were wrong in v2.0.
- · Updated this doc, my e-mail's working correct now.
- · Aminet release?
-
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- Version 2.0: ( 7344 bytes )
- ------------
-
- · Added a lot of options!
- · Added filesize of the diffrents versions in this text.
- · Skipped support of filecomments.
- · Changed DUMP -> QUERY.
- (Now also display installed version of the library)
- · Fixed *major* bug in argument handling.
- · Removed internal identification of files, because I finally
- got Oliver's (Bloodrock) address and he could (will? :) include my filetypes
- in the library.
- · The total # of filetypes depend on the version of FileID.library installed.
-
-
- Version 1.3: ( 23108 bytes )
- ------------
-
- · Added ONLY and ID option.
- · Converted the documentation to Amigaguide format.
- · A total of 875 formats is recognized
-
-
- Version 1.2: ( 18004 bytes )
- ------------
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- · Added EXELIST and SEARCH option.
- · Add possibilty to identify single file.
- · Removed KB option. Useless really.. :-)
- · A total of 803 formats is recognized.
-
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- Version 1.1: ( 9608 bytes )
- ------------
-
- · Added NOCOM,DIRS,NOINTERNAL and KB option.
- · First release with internal filetypes.
- · A total of 645 formats is recognized.
-
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- Version 1.0: ( 3692 bytes )
- ------------
-
- · First release.
- · No internal filetypes.
- · A total of 542 formats is recognized.
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- 5. Usage:
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- The template is:
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- DIR,QUERY/S,SEARCH/K,ONLY/N,ID/N,MAKECOMMENT/S,NOHEAD/S,ALL/S,FILES/S,DIRS/S,
- SORT/S,EXELIST/S,BLOCKS/S
-
- XL <dir> (option)
-
- <dir> = The directory or file to scan. If no directory is specified, the
- current one will be used.
-
- Also note that the listing can be interrupted anytime by
- pressing "Ctrl+C" or sending the corrsponding flag.
-
- (option) = One or more of the following:
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-
- QUERY - Displays all the id numbers and descriptions for all
- known filetypes of the FileID.library. It will begin
- something like this;
-
- "FileID.library vx.x knows x filetypes."
-
- The x's is replaced with the actual numbers related
- to the .library version installed in the system.
-
-
-
- SEARCH - Search for a special filetype. The number you get from
- this call can be used with the "ONLY" option to look
- for a certain filetype. This function is noncase-sesitive;
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- XL SEARCH "Module"
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-
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- ONLY - Use the ID number from the "SEARCH" command to look for
- a certain filetype;
-
- XL DH1:St-00/ ONLY 105
-
-
-
- ID - Gives you the description for the specified file-ID
- number;
-
- XL ID 456
-
-
-
- MAKECOMMENT - Set the comment of the listed file(s) to XL's
- idstring;
-
- XL C:#? MAKECOMMENT
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-
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- NOHEAD - This function tells XL to use noheaders at start and
- end of filelist thus it will be shorter in length;
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- XL DH1:#? MAKECOMMENT
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- ALL - Go recursivly into directories when listing files.
- This function should work with satisfaction but
- is a little "unstable";
-
- XL DH1:Graphics/ ALL
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-
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- FILES - Snow only files. Standard when SORT=FALSE.
-
-
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- DIRS - Snow only directories.
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-
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- SORT - When using this a diffrent mode of listing the files is
- used. It reminds more of the "Dir" command rather than
- "List". It fetches all strings before printing and
- it also sorts all entries before showing them.
-
-
-
- EXELIST - This function scans the <dir> specified and lists
- all executable files. This is similar to
-
- XL T:#? ONLY 107
-
- but when using EXELIST all crunched files will be
- showed along with their idstring.
-
-
- BLOCKS - Show all filesizes/infos in blocks instead of bytes.
-
-
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- 6. Copyright:
-
-
- Though this seems very unlikely..
-
- "I'm not responsible for any kind of damage or loss of data XL may cause."
-
- XL is mailware and can be copied, spread and included on pd/sw disks/compilations.
-
- The mailware concept requires you to (if you like and use XL) send a mail to
- me, see the end of this documentation for my net/snail address.
-
- The swedish translation of the catalogfile was written by;
- Daniel Adolfsson (m-29431@mailbox.swipnet.se)
-
- Taken from the original "FileID.library" copyright notice:
-
- " FileID.library is PUBLIC DOMAIN. It may be freely distributed and freely
- used with any program (if you get rich with a program using my library,
- you might send me some money :^) .
- This excludes PD dealers. If you sell a single PD disk containing this
- library, you may sell it for media and making-copies price, not more. "
-
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- 7. Author:
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- Contact me for anything concerning XL or some other program by me:
-
- Johan Samuelson (Mindshadow/Foundation)
- Stenbarsvagen 22
- S-590 54 Sturefors
- Sweden
-
- E-mail: msd@p9.nevermind.ct.se
- Fidomail: 2:204/227.9
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