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DOCUMENTATION FOR PROGRAM 'MISSING'
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Version 1.00 - Copyright 1991
Solar Terrestrial Dispatch
The program "MISSING" contained on the BCAST distribution disk is a
utility designed to help locate areas in your database which are incomplete.
It scans the database file "DATASETS.DAT" created by BCAST for missing or
non-contiguous records and reports those areas which it identifies as
missing.
For example, consider a database file containing SGDB datasets which are
dated January 1, January 2, January 4, January 5, and January 10. Notice
that these list of dates are non-contiguous (ex. there are some missing
dates). The program MISSING automatically and quickly identifies these
missing records and reports them on-screen. In this example, MISSING would
analyze the database and report that datasets for January 3, and January 6-10
are missing.
By simply running MISSING, you can quickly determine which datasets you
must obtain in order to make your database complete. Missing datasets can be
obtained easily from either the STD computer BBS at: (403) 756-3008, or
through anonymous FTP on the larger electronic networks such as Internet or
BITNET).
To execute MISSING, simply type "MISSING" at the DOS command prompt.
You must be in the same directory as the database file, since MISSING looks
for the database file "DATASETS.DAT" in the current directory. There are no
extra parameters required. MISSING will immediately load and quickly
determine which datasets are missing in your database file. If your database
is not missing any datasets, MISSING will report that your database file is
complete.