home
***
CD-ROM
|
disk
|
FTP
|
other
***
search
/
64'er
/
64ER_CD.iso
/
utilpc
/
c64dearc
/
ax.doc
< prev
next >
Wrap
Text File
|
1989-10-10
|
3KB
|
66 lines
Program: AX
Purpose: Dissolve archives or SDA's as created by the Commodore 64 or
Commodore 128
Usage: AX filename
Description: If no extension is given, AX tries .SDA, .ARK or .ARC in that
order.
AX simply dissolves the entire archive/SDA.
Because Commodore 64/128 filenames are allowed to
contain awkward characters like / and \ and so on, I've evaded
the filename problem by renaming the files as they are taken
out of the archive and providing a batch file to rename them.
This gives the user a chance to edit the batch file with a
text editor if there are filename conflicts. It also allows you
to ARC or ZOO or ZIP or SIT or PIT or whatever the results
without too much hassle.
Here's what you'll see on your directory after you've dissolved
the file...
FILE.001 These are the files in the archive
FILE.002
...
File.xxx
re-name.bat A batch file for MS-DOS or AmigaDOS to
rename the files to what they're supposed
to be called. It may be nessessary to
edit this file before actually executing
it.
re-name.bas A Commodore BASIC program to rename the
files to what they're supposed to be called
This will run on the 64 or the 128.
contents A text file summarizing what was in the
archive and whether or not the checksum was
ok when it was dissolved. If you're using
AX to convert over to ZIP or ZOO or some
other format you like better, don't discard
this file since it provides file type info.
A Commodore user may need to know this
when he goes to use the files.
Copyright: There is none. AX is hereby placed in the public domain.
Warranties: Ditto
Source Code: Should compile with any ANSI C compiler. I tried several and
they all worked fine.
If you have further questions: Read the source code.
06/89 - Chris Smeets