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- “ S y s M e r g e + ”
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- Enhanced System directory update utility
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- © David Thomas, 1997
- version 1.00 (14 Sep 1997)
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- Introduction ______________________________________________________________
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- SysMerge+ is a utility program to aid the update and maintainance of
- !System directories.
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- Occasionally, Acorn and their Third Party developers will release new
- versions of system modules, either to extend the modules’ functionality or
- to fix problems. SysMerge+ removes the difficulty of ‘manually’ installing
- these updated modules into the System folder.
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- Acorn’s own SysMerge utility updates the System directory based on a
- module’s date stamp rather than its actual version. This can lead to
- problems where older modules have been given newer date stamps, thus
- overwriting newer modules.
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- SysMerge+ works differently from this - it compares each module's version,
- and only the newer module is copied across.
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- Usage _____________________________________________________________________
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- Load SysMerge+ by double-clicking on it's icon in a filer window. It will
- load and open it's main window in the centre of the screen.
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- The window consists of three sections: a ‘master’ section, an ‘update’
- section and a status display.
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- Drag your copy of System to the master section and the copy of System you
- wish to update it with to the update section. SysMerge+ will automatically
- start to update your master System with any revised modules from the update
- System. Throughout the process, the status display will show what's
- happening.
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- If your System directory has been seen by the Filer (as it will be in most
- cases), then SysMerge+ will determine its location automatically and you
- will not need to drag it to the master section.
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- Notes _____________________________________________________________________
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- · Only the modules and the directory structure will be transferred across
- from the updated copy of System.
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- · Any application that contains modules can be updated with SysMerge+. So,
- for example, you could use it to update a Computer Concepts CCShared
- directory.
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- Versions __________________________________________________________________
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- 1.00 (14 Sep 1997)
- · First release.
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- Copyright & Contact Addresses _____________________________________________
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- This software is copyrighted work of David Thomas, it is supplied “as is”;
- using it is entirely at your own risk. I make no warranty as to the fitness
- of this software for any purpose. You are free to distribute this program
- toanyone you please, as long as you are not supplying it for personal or
- commercial gain and it is delivered with all of the supplied files unaltered.
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- If you have any comments, bug reports, suggestions for future versions or
- anything else don’t hesitate to contact me at -
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- Mail: Mr D.P. Thomas
- 20 Rosebery Avenue
- Waterloo
- Liverpool
- L22 2BH
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- Email: dpt@tristone.co.uk
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- WWW: http://www.tristone.co.uk/davespace/
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