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| Aquarium Database Update |
| Fred Fish Disks 461 - 470 |
| 11th Revision |
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What have we got here?
This distribution contains the portion of the Aquarium Database which,
when appended to the previous version of the database, will bring it
up to date to include all disks through Fred Fish's AmigaLibDisk #470.
It is extremely important that you observe the following points:
- Your present Aquarium Database contains disks 001 - 460.
- You append an update set only if it is exactly sequential,
meaning that if you have 001 - 440 you shall NOT append
the 461 - 470 set before having applied the 451 - 460 set.
- You use a backup copy of the files
data
,
index
,
KeyNames
, and
Names
. I'm anything but infallible; protect yourself!
Floppy Users
Since the database continues to grow towards the limits of floppy disk
space, you will sooner or later run of of space. The instructions
below assume (for simplicity's sake) that enough space is available.
If you do encounter a problem with diskspace, use the RAM: disk to
store the .lzh file and the extracted -add files.
Notice also that you could simply rename the .new files after
they've been created with join and relabel the volume to AQUARIUM: and
using the original AQUARIUM: disk as a backup to fall back on.
I shall be investigating methods to start a new Aquarium database on a
second floppy, for Fish above 450 or wherever the cutoff will lie.
Don't hold your breath, though. IF ANYONE HAS SUGGESTIONS, I WELCOME
THESE!
Update: apparently it is not possible to build another
database numbering, for example, disks 451 and upwards.
I shall be investigating the possibility of rewriting
Aquarium with greater flexibility ... don't hold your
breath, though. I welcome suggestions on this matter.
Physical/Logical Volume assumptions (substitute your own if you want):
I will refer to two volumes in this documentation, NEWFISH and
AQUARIUM. On a floppy disk, this would refer to two distinct disks,
named appropriately, while on a harddisk you may have these assigned
to different directories or partitions.
I don't supply you with a script to automate the update, since
I have rarely run across a script that will work with every
environment and takes everything into account. Your human
intelligence is far more capable than my assumptions and a script's
limitations.
If I get feedback on it, I'll try my luck on a script, of
course.
Synopsis:
NEWFISH: the AquariumData*.lzh file you wish to add.
AQUARIUM: the Aquarium program and the data/ directory.
Installation Instructions
At the CLI, enter (the stuff in
italics
)
1>
cd NEWFISH:
1>
lharc x AquariumData*
At this point, LHARC will extract the various files from the archive,
placing them all into the current directory (NEWFISH:).
Next, enter the following commands. These will join the original file
with the newly extracted additions, and save the results in a file
with the extension .new
1>
join AQUARIUM:data NEWFISH:data-add as NEWFISH:data.new
1>
join AQUARIUM:index NEWFISH:index-add as NEWFISH:index.new
1>
join AQUARIUM:names NEWFISH:names-add as NEWFISH:names.new
You can now delete the extracted additions and copy the .new files
over the old version of the database. Notice that if you perform this
step on your only copy of the Aquarium, you lose the option of undoing
the addition if it should prove faulty. Be careful!
1>
delete NEWFISH:data-add NEWFISH:index-add NEWFISH:names-add
1>
copy NEWFISH:data.new AQUARIUM:data
1>
copy NEWFISH:index.new AQUARIUM:index
1>
copy NEWFISH:names.new AQUARIUM:names
Voilá!
Many Thanks ...
I'd like to thank Fred Fish for his continuing efforts to provide us, the
Amiga community, with an organized collection of freely distributable
software. 470 Disks!!! Amazing! Go Fred, Go!
I would also like to express my thanks to B. Lennart Olsson, who made
available to us the Aquarium (Aqvarium?) for all those Fish Disks! Beats
the h*** out of searching huge text files!
And last, but not least, all those who write all that freely distributable
software deserve our special thanks. Where would we all be without YOU?
___
._. Udo Schuermann / | \ "There is no Way to Peace.
( ) walrus@wam.umd.edu \/|\/ Peace is the Way!" -- Ghandi.
~~~