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Set File Dates to Last Revision Date.
Version 1.0
Written by Ray Novino
RunWay BBS (215) 623-6203 (2400 Baud)
(215) 623-6103 (HST's)
(215) 622-7563 (Dual Standards)
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──────────────────────────────┤ Description ├──────────────────────────────
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Release 1.0 now supports all of the following date stamp formats:
Last Revision Date in Archive: 01-01-1992
(Last Revised: 01/01/1992)
123 Files - New:01/01/1992 Old:01/01/80
SetArc is a utility which will remove the "Last date in archive:" from your
new upload directory. It will also transpose the posted file date with that
which was reported from Andy Keeves through ExTest. The replacements are date
sensitive so you can choose which file descriptions will be effected.
*-Why Bother?
One of the chores I hate is moving files from the new upload DIR to their
proper categorized DIR's. I also try to remove anything older than a few
years from the system. When viewing a DIR for a file it is always easier to
see the actual file date separated rather than mixed in with the description.
If that isn't enough you could always use the excuse that those description
lines can be taking up well over a meg of disk space if you have lots of files.
Another reason could be in making your mass file clean-up easier. I remove
files from the system if they are older than a certain date. SetArc makes this
easy to do.
*-Typical session:
So as my upload DIR doesn't get to large I try to limit it to only having
the latest 15 days worth of new files. When ran, SetArc will prompt you for
how many days you want to leave unchaged. It's as easy as that! I then run
my DIR file through PCBFiler sorting it by date. Using PCBFiller I can then
go right to the end. I delete everything that is older than a few years and
then move the others where they belong. This keeps the old stuff off the
system and the DIRs displaying the correct date.
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1. Edit the SETARC.CFG file to point to your new upload directory.
2. Run SetArc and follow the prompts. If you wanted to convert anything
older than a month you would simply enter 30 when asked.
*SPECIAL NOTE*
1. Setarc will remove all text following the date stamp. If you are using
a download counter these lines will be lost. If enough intrest is
shown I could rewrite this part of the code.
2. Your file descriptions MUST follow the format below. I need the secondary
description identifier in the default position 32.
SETARC.ZIP 50993 01-16-92 This is the newest release of SetArc. Last
| revision date in archive: 08-14-1991.
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Position 32
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1. First and foremost I want to thank Andy Keeves for the great programs he
has written over the years. His shrewd mind and laziness has made my
life as a sysop a lot easier.
2. The program will overwrite your existing DIR after making a BAK file.
SetArc honors all network file sharing and can be run while other nodes
are active.
3. Word wrapping is honored so it doesn't matter which option you use with
ExTest.
4. Problems, questions or suggestions? I can be reached at RunWay BBS
215-623-6203 (2400 baud) or 215-623-6103 (HST).
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Not required for this release. If you find that you do use it and it saves
you time I would like to know. The reason for the use of the cfg file is
that I'm currently debugging a complete new file handler. It will scan the
file descriptions and based on key word searches move the file automatically
to the proper DIRxx. Sound interesting?