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Short: Check Aminet CD index for missing files or dirs
Author: gnome@mag-net.co.uk (John Marchant)
Uploader: gnome@mag-net.co.uk (John Marchant)
Type: comm/bbs
Replaces: ChkAmCD.lha
ChkCD.rexx (Version 1.01 - bugfix issue)
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This release ensures that rexxsupport.library is loaded, which is needed
for the delete() function.
ChkAmCD does not work with the first Aminet CD (Aminet_0693) because this
CD has no TREE file, needed for directory checking.
This program is public domain & carries no warranty
Purpose
--------
This program was written primarily for sysops of bulletin boards who
carry online CDs. It is quite usual to find that the published list
of CD directories - as shown in TREE - contains a number of
directory names which are not on the CD. They are in fact
directories which are on aminet sites, but no files from these dirs
were included on the CD.
Additionally, it is not uncommon to find files listed in INDEX which
were not in fact included on the CD.
While such "waifs" are not troublesome they can be an irritation to
BBS sysops, and to callers who select a directory, only to find that
it either doesn't exist or is empty.
ChkCD produces a list of all missing or empty CD directories, and
of missing files. The list appears on your CLI window and will also
be copied to a file if you use the 'f' argument.
Requirements: A device named CD0
rexxmast to be running
An aminet CD to check
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3330 1614 51.5% 07-Sep-96 11:40:58 ChkCD.doc
3522 1418 59.7% 07-Sep-96 11:02:32 ChkCD.rexx
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6852 3032 55.7% 11-Sep-96 21:02:18 2 files