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sTAR lYNX BY jOE fORSTER/sta
tHIS PROGRAM WAS DESIGNED TO BUILD AND EXTRACT lYNX ARCHIVES. iT IS ABLE TO
BUILD A lYNX ARCHIVE OUT OF MULTIPLE dos FILES OR THE CONTENTS OF A DISK IMAGE
AND IT CAN EXTRACT A lYNX ARCHIVE INTO MULTIPLE dos FILES OR INTO A DISK IMAGE.
tHE PROGRAM WILL KEEP THE NAMES OF THE FILES CONTAINED IN THE lYNX ARCHIVE BUT
IT CANNOT HANDLE RELATIVE FILES SINCE i HAVE NEVER SEEN ONE. sTAR lYNX IS AN
EXTERNAL UTILITY OF tHE sTAR cOMMANDER BUT IS ALSO DISTRIBUTED SEPARATELY.
usage:
starlynx a <FILENAME> [<LYNXNAME>]
starlynx l <LYNXNAME> [-{$7c}/v]
starlynx x <LYNXNAME> [<DISKNAME>]
cOMMANDS:
a: PUT FILES INTO A lYNX ARCHIVE (aDD)
l: LIST THE CONTENTS OF lYNX ARCHIVES (lIST)
x: EXTRACT THE CONTENTS OF lYNX ARCHIVES (ExTRACT)
<FILENAME>:
iF YOU WANT TO LYNX dos FILES THEN ENTER THEIR WILDCARD MASKS HERE. iF YOU
WANT TO LYNX THE CONTENTS OF ONE OR SEVERAL DISK IMAGES THEN THIS PARAMETER
SHOULD HAVE THE EXTENSION '.d64'.
<LYNXNAME>:
tYPE THE PATH, THE NAME AND THE EXTENSION OF THE lYNX ARCHIVE HERE (THE
EXTENSION OF lYNX ARCHIVES IS ALWAYS '.lnx'). wHEN LYNXING DISK IMAGES YOU MAY
LEAVE IT BLANK AND THE NAME OF THE ARCHIVES WILL BE THAT OF THE ORIGINAL DISK
IMAGES. hOWEVER, IF YOU LYNX dos FILES YOU MUST ENTER A NAME FOR THE RESULTING
ARCHIVE. yOU CAN USE WILDCARDS TO LIST OR EXTRACT MULTIPLE ARCHIVES.
<DISKNAME>:
tYPE THE PATH AND THE NAME OF THE DISK IMAGE HERE (THE EXTENSION OF DISK
IMAGES IS ALWAYS '.d64'). lEAVE THIS PARAMETER BLANK TO EXTRACT THE ARCHIVE
INTO dos FILES.
oPTIONS:
v: TURNS VERBOSE LISTING MODE ON WHICH MEANS THAT THE CREATOR OF THE lYNX
ARCHIVE (DETERMINED FROM THE HEADER) IS ALSO DISPLAYED AFTER THE NAME OF
THE ARCHIVE.
error messages:
uNKNOWN COMMAND
tHE COMMAND IS UNKNOWN.
iNVALID OPTION
tHE OPTION IS UNKNOWN OR THE SYNTAX OF ITS ARGUMENT IS WRONG.
filename.ext NOT FOUND
tHE FILE DOES NOT EXIST.
yOU MUST SPECIFY THE NAME OF THE ARCHIVE
iF YOU LYNX MULTIPLE dos FILES YOU MUST ENTER A NAME FOR THE ARCHIVE.
cANNOT CREATE filename.ext
tHE FILE COULD NOT BE CREATED FOR SOME REASON.
cANNOT ADD filename.ext CORRECTLY
cANNOT ADD "FILENAME" CORRECTLY
tHE FILE COULD NOT BE FULLY ADDED INTO THE ARCHIVE. iT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE
DISK IS FULL.
"FILENAME" EXISTS, CANNOT OVERWRITE
yOU CANNOT STORE TWO FILES WITH THE SAME NAME IN A DISK IMAGE.
cANNOT EXTRACT filename.ext CORRECTLY
cANNOT EXTRACT "FILENAME" CORRECTLY
tHE FILE COULD NOT BE FULLY EXTRACTED FROM THE ARCHIVE. iT IS POSSIBLE THAT
THE DISK IS FULL OR THE ARCHIVE IS CORRUPTED, E.G. SOME BYTES ARE MISSING
FROM ITS END.
diskname.d64 IS NOT A VALID DISK IMAGE
tHE DISK IMAGE IS CORRUPTED.
diskname.d64 HAS AN INVALID bam
tHE bam OF THE DISK IMAGE IS CORRUPTED. tRY VALIDATING THE DISK IMAGE.
dIRECTORY IS FULL IN diskname.d64
tHE DIRECTORY OF THE DISK IMAGE IS FULL. yOU CAN STORE A MAXIMUM OF 144
FILES IN A DISK IMAGE.
diskname.d64 IS FULL
tHE DISK IMAGE IS FULL. yOU CAN STORE A MAXIMUM OF 664 BLOCKS IN A DISK
IMAGE.
lynxname.lnx HAS IN INVALID HEADER
tHE HEADER OF THE lYNX ARCHIVE IS CORRUPTED.
lynxname.lnx HAS IN INVALID ENTRY
tHE CURRENT ENTRY OF THE lYNX ARCHIVE IS CORRUPTED OR IT IS A RELATIVE FILE
WHICH IS NOT SUPPORTED.
filename.ext HAS AN INVALID SIZE
tHE FILE IS EITHER EMPTY OR IT IS TOO BIG TO FIT INTO A DISK IMAGE.
the author:
yOU CAN CONTACT ME AT THE e-mAIL ADDRESS "STA@LUDENS.ELTE.HU".
20TH mAY, 1996 jOE fORSTER/sta