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- Cache Index v2.3 July 1996 - Read Me File
-
- Cache Index is distributed as Freeware to anyone who finds it useful. The
- author (David Griffiths) retains the copyright to the software. Any comments
- or feedback will be appreciated. I can be contacted by email at:
-
- dgriffo@ozemail.com.au
-
- If you would like to be placed on a mailing list to be advised of updates,
- send an email to the above address and put 'SUBSCRIBE UPDATES' as the
- subject.
-
- More comprehensive information can be viewed from within Netscape by opening
- the file CINDEX.HTM.
-
- Cache Index is a program that makes it easy to view the files stored in
- Netscape's (tm) cache. This means that you can read pages at your leisure
- when you are off line. It also makes it easy to 'borrow' icons and graphics
- for use on your own page if you are developing one. It will work with Win 3.1
- and Win 95.
-
- How does it work?
- When Netscape (tm) is used to surf the Web, it stores all the pages it
- receives (text and graphics) in its cache directory. You can configure the
- maximum size of the cache that Netscape keeps and how long it leaves the
- files there before it purges them (see Netscape Options/Preferences). The
- cache indexer scans the cache and produces a series of HTML files, with a
- master index page called A-INDEX.HTM. The HTML pages contain links to each
- of the files in the cache. Cache Index breaks the cache into managable pages
- containing no more than 30 text page links or 13 graphics.
-
- How to install Cache Index
- - Put CINDEX.EXE into a suitable directory
- (say the Netscape directory or Netscape Cache directory))
- (possibly C:\NETSCAPE or C:\NETSCAPE\CACHE )
- - Put CINDEX.HTM, CI.GIF & S2C.GIF into the Netscape Cache directory.
- - Create a Program Manager/Desktop icon for Cache Index
- - Set the Working Directory as the Netscape Cache directory.
-
- How to run Cache Index for Netscape V1.x
- - Close Netscape
- - Run Cache Index from the icon.
- - Run Netscape and Open the file A-INDEX.HTM in the cache directory.
- That's it!
-
- How to run Cache Index for Netscape V2
- - use about:cache in the Netscape Location window (or Open Location)
- - save the page this creates in the CACHE directory as ACACHE.HTM
- - run Cache Index from the icon (Netscape can stay open)
- - Open the file A-INDEX.HTM in the cache directory.
-
- Options
- There are a few command line options that can be used:
- -g eliminates graphics from the index
- -t eliminates text from the index
- using both -g and -t together makes a very brief index!
- -p does not put a <p> after each graphic, forcing a new line
- -s does not sort the index into text first
- -h removes the Page Titles (which makes it quicker but less readable.)
- +d scans a directory for M0... files, when no FAT file is available
- +u adds the URL for text files
- +r renames all graphics files to their original name (.GIF etc), note this
- effectively removes them from the cache for future on line use.
- l28 sets the maximum number of items on a page
-
- This version of Cache Index is written for Netscape versions 1.1N through
- to v2.02.
-
- Directory Scan
- There is an option (+d) which can be used to make Cache Index scan a
- directory looking for Netscape cache files and create an index of them. This
- option is intended for when there is no FAT file available. eg if someone has
- saved a bunch of files out of a cache directory. There are several
- limitations to this mode: firstly because there is no FAT file, it is not
- possible to determine the original URL of each file. Also it is necessary for
- Cache Index to make a guess about the file type based on the file extension.
- At present it assumes .GIF and .JPG are graphics files and anything else is
- text. It it gets it wrong, it is not a major problem, it just means the file
- ends up in the wrong list. Another limitation is that only files whose name
- starts with M0 are considered.
-
- Netscape is a registered trade mark of Netscape Communications Corp and
- Win 3.1 and Win95 are trade marks of Micrsoft Corporation. These trade
- marks are used for identification purposes only.
-
-
- What's New - see WHATSNEW.TXT for details
- V2.1 added chronological sorting of entries and improved formatting of output.
-
- V2.2 added Directory Scan (+d option)
-
- V2.3 added minor enhancements
-