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- DirPurge version 1.1
- written by Joseph Hodge
- -----------------------
-
- DirPurge is an AmiExpress 1.1w+ utility, designed to extract all file
- descriptions to a backup file for files you do not have on your system.
-
- Usage: DirPurge <conference path> <Dir num>
- ie: DirPurge BBS:Elite 3
-
-
- PROGRAM LOGIC:
-
- 1. Imediately makes a backup of <conference path>dir(x) to a file
- named <conference path>dir(x).old where (x) is the Dir num you
- specified.
-
- 2. Checks for the existance of <conference path>Paths.
-
- a. If exists
-
- 1. <conference path>Dir(x) & <conference path>Dir(x).removed
- files are created.
-
- 2. Reads all <conference path>Dir(x).old images
-
- a. If a valid File Description structure has not been
- encountered, the utility assumes that the image is a
- Header image and stores it in <conference path>Dir(x).
-
- b. If a valid File Description structure is found and the
- File actually exists in your paths, the current image and
- all following images upto the next valid File Description
- structure is stored in <conference path>Dir(x)
-
- c. If a valid File Description structure is found and the File
- does not exist in your paths, the current image and all
- following images upto the next valid File Description
- structure is stored in <conference path>Dir(x).removed
-
- b. If not exists the utility aborts.
-
- I would like to thanx Freddy Krueger and BullDog in there persistance.
- Without them I would have probably never gotten around to writing this
- much needed utility.
-
- ***********************************************************************
- WARNING!WARNING!WARNING!WARNING!WARNING!WARNING!WARNING!WARNING!WARNING
- ***********************************************************************
-
- Do not use this utility if you are in the practice of deviating from the
- standard formatting of the dir files, IE: If you have embedded ANSI in
- your Dir files I would not run this utility.
-