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- Short: Generates file lists for MakeCD
- Author: amiga@rripley.de (Ralph Reuchlein)
- Uploader: amiga@rripley.de (Ralph Reuchlein)
- Version: 1.0
- Type: disk/cdrom
- Kurz: Erzeugt Dateilisten für MakeCD
- Date: 27-Dec-1999
-
- MakeCD_DirList
- ==============
-
-
- PURPOSE
-
- Ever tried to backup a complete partition or directory on a
- (re)writeable CD? You got no errors during ISO image creation? You
- are a lucky one, because ...
-
- ... I got problems. I am using (soft) links on my partitions and
- MakeCD terminates the ISO image creation if it detects a link. The
- only thing I can do is building a file list without the link
- entries. Thats the main purpose of this program.
-
- You might say 'thats no real backup, because the links are
- missing!'. Yes, you are right. Unfortunately this isn't the only
- problem: Files listed in file lists got no protection bits, no
- timestamps for directories and no file comments in the resulting
- ISO image (refer to the documentation of MakeCD if you can't
- believe it). When e.g. making a backup from your YAM emails, you
- will loose your mail status flags that are stored in file comments
- (my AsimCDFS doesn't retrieve them).
-
- So I invented a separate file which is finally a AmigaDOS script
- that sets the protection bits, updates the timestamps and writes
- file comments. This script file is stored in the main directory you
- will backup.
-
- You will also be warned if there are read protected files, because
- MakeCD will not be able to read these files for backup. Its your
- turn to change the read protection for yourself.
-
-
-
- HISTORY
-
- v1.0:
- - First Release
-
-
-
- INSTALL
-
- Simply unpack the archive to anywhere you want. I prefer to copy
- the executable to C:.
-
-
-
- REQUIREMENTS
-
- - OS 3.0
- - MakeCD if you intend to backup the listed files to CD
-
-
-
- USAGE
-
- The template is
-
- STARTDIRECTORY=DIR/A,PREFIX=PRE,PROGRESSBAR=BAR/S
-
- You always have to provide the directory from where you want to
- build up the file list. The parameter PREFIX allowes making a
- subdirectory in your ISO image to avoid mixing several file lists
- in one ISO image. The PREFIX parameter must have a trailing '/'
- (which will not be checked at the moment)! Finally the PROGRESSBAR
- switch turns on a simple directory level progress bar.
-
- The file list will be written to STDOUT, mainly your Shell window.
- Thus you must redirect the output to a file if MakeCD should use
- it. The progress bar and the final report is written to STDERR.
- The additional script, created by MakeCD_DirList, will be written
- in the directory specified by DIR with the filename
- ".amiga_makecd_update".
-
- The generated script can contain the usual SETDATE, PROTECT,
- FILENOTE and MAKELINK commands. It depends on the files and
- directories:
-
- SETDATE
- set only for directories, because MakeCD handles file entries
- correctly
- PROTECT
- always set for directories and only set for files if other
- flags as RWED are used
- FILENOTE
- always set for files and directories
- MAKELINK
- always set for each found link. Broken links are stored too,
- but they were commented out by ';'. To search for them,
- simply use SEARCH with the keyword ";MAKELINK".
-
- If you intend to backup the CD data to another directory, you
- simply need to copy the full data to that directory and call the
- script .amiga_makecd_update in this directory. Thats all.
-
-
-
- EXAMPLE
-
- I want to backup my YAM directory to CD:
-
- MakeCD_DirList YAM: YAM/ >ram:YAM_directory
-
- This would scan YAM: and its subdirectories. The 'YAM/' is the
- prefix for the resulting ISO image, that means every scanned entry
- is located in a directory called YAM on CD. Finally the file list
- for MakeCD is redirected to ram:YAM_directory.
-
- After processing the above example would return in the Shell
- window:
-
- 45 dirs (2 empty),
- 3509 files (0 read protected, 95421168 bytes),
- 1 good and 0 bad links processed (0 unknown).
-
- The file ".amiga_makecd_update" in the directory YAM: now contains
- for example:
-
- SETDATE "log" 01-Dez-99 19:55:56
- SETDATE "Draft" 25-Dez-99 16:06:06
- SETDATE "Icons_PL" 10-Jul-99 13:19:02
- FILENOTE "Icons_PL/YAMPLIcons.readme" "YAM Prolite Icons"
- SETDATE "Catalogs" 11-Jun-99 16:52:01
- SETDATE "Catalogs/deutsch" 10-Jul-99 13:10:56
- SETDATE "Icons_NI" 10-Jul-99 13:20:19
- MAKELINK "Icons" "INTERNET:Programme/YAM/Icons_NI" SOFT
- SETDATE "Icons_MWB" 25-Apr-99 12:30:38
- FILENOTE "Icons_MWB/status_group" "Mario Cattaneo <cattaneo@CoLi.Uni-SB.DE>"
- ...
- SETDATE "news" 25-Apr-99 12:31:38
- SETDATE "misc" 25-Dez-99 19:12:26
- PROTECT "misc/look4mail.sh" srwed
- PROTECT "misc/correctAddress.sh" srwd
- PROTECT "misc/viewLhA.sh" srwd
- SETDATE "temp" 27-Dez-99 10:23:19
-
- The resulting file list file ram:YAM_directory contains for
- example:
-
- INTERNET:Programme/YAM/log/YAM-Dec1999.log::YAM/log/YAM-Dec1999.log
- INTERNET:Programme/YAM/log/YAM-Jan1999.log::YAM/log/YAM-Jan1999.log
- INTERNET:Programme/YAM/log/YAM-Feb1999.log::YAM/log/YAM-Feb1999.log
- ...
- INTERNET:Programme/YAM/.folders::YAM/.folders
- INTERNET:Programme/YAM/YAM20P6.lha::YAM/YAM20P6.lha
- INTERNET:Programme/YAM/YAM20P7.lha::YAM/YAM20P7.lha
- INTERNET:Programme/YAM/arexx_commands.txt.info::YAM/arexx_commands.txt.info
- INTERNET:Programme/YAM/temp::YAM/temp
-
- This file is used for MakeCD to generate the ISO image.
-
- Remember: You have to make read protected files readable for
- MakeCD, because MakeCD doesn't change anything on files and
- directories. Avoid backupping image files MakeCD generates, because
- they are in use by MakeCD and can't be read by it for ISO image
- creation.
-
-
- If you want to copy the CD contents to another directory some years
- later, you simply need to copy the CD directory to destination
- with:
-
- copy CD0:YAM SOMEWHERE: clone
-
- After that change to the destination directory
-
- cd SOMEWHERE:
-
- and then call
-
- execute .amiga_makecd_update
-
- Finished.
-
-
-
- BUGS
-
- At the moment there is none I believe and bug reports are always
- welcome.
-
-
-
- DISCLAIMER
-
- THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
- AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
- TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A
- PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR
- CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
- SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
- LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF
- USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND
- ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY,
- OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT
- OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
- SUCH DAMAGE.
-
-
-
- MISC
-
- Suggestions and bug reports are welcome. I am going to improve the
- little tool with some more preferences like deny lists (directories
- that should not be backuped) and so on. Be patient.
-
- I have added the source to the archive. Feel free to use the code
- unless my copyright notice always is attached to.
-
-
-
- CONTACT
-
- snail Ralph Reuchlein
- mail: Eibseestr. 18c
- 86163 Augsburg
- GERMANY
-
- eMail: amiga@rripley.de
- WWW: http://www.rripley.de
- IRC: RRipley on #germany
-
-
- ============================= Archive contents =============================
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- Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name
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- 124 89 28.2% 05-Dec-99 17:39:02 SCOPTIONS
- 14580 9256 36.5% 28-Dec-99 11:10:44 MakeCD_DirList
- 10346 2792 73.0% 28-Dec-99 11:10:38 MakeCD_DirList.c
- 7690 3280 57.3% 28-Dec-99 11:20:12 MCD_DirList.readme
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- 32740 15417 52.9% 29-Dec-99 01:42:16 4 files
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