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║ Software ║
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Robert L. LaPrise
FIDOnet 1:282/4098
612-939-0031
Hopkins, MN USA
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DISCLAIMER:
By the extraction of the program executable from the distribution
archive and/or the use (or attempted use) of the program you the end user
assume full and complete liability for any and all damages consequential
and inconsequential to which you may be subject.
This software is distributed under the Freeware concept and it's
author Robert LaPrise and T.C.W. Software make absolutely no guarantees
in it's regard other than that it will occupy space upon the drive on
which it is installed.
You the end user may not hold the author or T.C.W. Software in any
way liable for any problems the use of this software may incur.
Your use of this software is a legal agreement to abide by the above
terms.
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LOGPAK v1.10
This program was written to save me the effort of changing the parameters
being used in my maintenance batch file every month. I used to run a program
that would change the name of a file to ??MMDDYY.??? where the ? were the
characters from the original filename. I'd then add this to an archive named
??MMYY.??? where the ? were whatever I wanted them to be :-)
Sadly, every first of the month I had to change the command lines so the
archive name reflected the new month.
LogPak handles this itself by first changing the filname to ??DDMMYY.???
where ?? is the first two letters of the original filename, and ??? is whatever
extension is specified in the programs command line.
The date used is the filedate of the file being processed, it is then
packed to a monthly archive with the filedate being parsed down to supply
the date part of it's name as well.
So, as long as you start with fresh logfiles each day (assuming you run
your maintenance at 00:00 +/- a minute or so) each processing run will yield
a file renamed to ??DDMMYY.??? which reflects the exact date of that particular
log, to an archive named ??MMYY.??? reflecting the month and year those logs
are for.
This program operates with a hardcoded archiver command line as follows:
For daily processing : RAR.EXE m -ep -y -s -c- -std
For monthly processing: RAR.EXE a -ep -y -s -c- -std
The command line parameters are will be displayed by running LOGPAK from
the command line with no additional parameters.
As said, this program runs _only_ with RAR and uses the European date
format. A fully command line driven version has been released in the states,
however that was simply to pacify my American brethren and their foolishness.
(Alas, we in the states have no culture of our own so try to make up for it
by forcing the rest of the world to see things "our way". Many still use ZIP
simply because "Everbody else does." Blech! Anybody know what the weather's
been like in Australia?)
I believe RAR is superior to the rest so this is being released in the RAR
echo to be of aid to any other RAR supporters. This is also the version I use
on my own system. For those who insist on using "inferior" archivers, FREQ
LOGPAK2 from the above address for the fully configurable release.
History:
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v1.00 - 02 Dec, 1995 - Original releases
v1.00 using hardcoded RAR command lines and a European date format.
v1.00am & v1.00eu allowing definable archiver types/command lines.
v1.00am uses American date formats, v1.00eu uses European date formats.
v1.10 - 09 Dec, 1995 - Update release.
v1.10 added command line help, displayed when no parameters, insufficient
parameters, or improper parameters are used on the command line.
Added a monthly or daily processing option. Files are either processed as
a daily log added to a monthly archive, or a monthly log added to a yearly
archive.
Added the moving of the monthly archives (created using the daily processing
option) to a yearly archive on the first of every month.
Example - when nightly maintenance is run after midnight (when the system
date has changed to the first of a new month) the previous days log will be
renamed per programs normal operation, then moved to the previous months
archive (as the last log to be added to that archive). Upon completion of
this process, the previous months archive will then be automatically moved
into a yearly archive (naming convention being FILENAME.0?? with the ??
representing the last two digits of the year the logfile and monthly archive
are for, and FILENAME being the name of the original file being processed).
For further information, run the program in daily processing mode using the
test switch.