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- *** ROMCOPY ***
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- This is a quick utility to copy ANY file on a CD-ROM by just giving the name,
- not worrying about what directory it is in. This is done through a simple
- ASCII database file (FILELIST.DAT) that tells where the files are. The
- format of the file is as follows:
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- First line:
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- XXX where XXX is the default file extension of the files in that
- database... this saves major space in most cases.
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- Repeated sets of the following:
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- <drive:\dir> The subdirectory. Drive is optional.
- <filename.ext> A list of the files in that subdirectory... do not
- . include the extension if it is the default extension
- . -- and don't put the dot in. The only time you need
- . a dot is for files with NO extension.
- <filename.ext>
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- * Setting up the database file *
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- There is a program called MAKEDIR.EXE that will generate such a list
- for a drive automatically, traversing all the directories of a disk
- and producing the database. The format of the command is:
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- makedir c: zip OFF > filelist.dat
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- where c: is the drive letter of the cd-rom, zip is the name of the
- default file extension and OFF tells MAKEDIR not to include the
- drive: in the database, mainly so that CD rom developers can put
- the database on the cdrom and have the users run the door from the
- cd rom, whatever drive it might be installed on.
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