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FCE: File Comment Extractor
DOS Edition, Version 1.0
────────────────────────────────
(C) Copyright 1991 by Andy Hakim
All Rights Reserved
R E F E R E N C E M A N U A L
For a quick summary of options, type FCE at the dos prompt.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ADDRESSES .............................................................. 1
SOFTWARE LICENSE ...................................................... 1
NOTATIONS/TERMINOLOGY .................................................. 1
WHAT IS FCE? .......................................................... 2
WILL FCE BE USEFUL TO YOU? ............................................ 2
SEARCH STRATEGY ........................................................ 3
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS .................................................... 3
TEXT FILES ............................................................ 4
COMMAND LINE SYNTAX .................................................... 4
<inputfile> ...................................................... 4
<wildcards> ...................................................... 4
<scanfile[.lst]> .................................................. 4
[outputfile] ...................................................... 4
[options] ........................................................ 4
COMMAND LINE OPTIONS .................................................. 5
/? ................................................................ 5
/F=# .............................................................. 5
/T=# .............................................................. 5
/M ................................................................ 5
/C ................................................................ 5
/O ................................................................ 5
/S ................................................................ 6
/I<F,E> .......................................................... 6
/CLS=# ............................................................ 6
/CO<O,S>=# ........................................................ 6
/FL<I,S>=# ........................................................ 6
/C=<file[.cfg]> .................................................. 7
/EMS=# ............................................................ 7
COMMAND LINE EXAMPLES .................................................. 8
FILE PROCESSING SCREEN ................................................ 9
ERROR MESSAGES ........................................................ 9
PROJECT HISTORY ........................................................ 10
SOURCE CODE ............................................................ 10
TRADEMARKS ............................................................. 10
REVISION HISTORY ...................................................... 11
FCE version 1.0 Reference Manual Page: 1
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ADDRESSES
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Comments, suggestions, or questions? You can contact me via:
US Mail │ FCE Development
│ P.O. Box 70392
│ Houston, TX 77270-0392
│
Telephone │ (713) 880-3059
│
Electronic Mail │ st144@menudo.uh.edu
(Internet addresses) │ cosc12r2@jetson.uh.edu
│
Bulletin Board │ Sand's BBS
│ (713) 961-1604
│ 2400/9600/14400 baud, HST/v.32
│ Username: Andy Hakim
SOFTWARE LICENSE
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FCE (DOS Edition, v1.0) is a free, public domain program. There is no
registration process or monetary fee required in order to use it.
You may freely distribute FCE to others as long as:
■ Only the original files are distributed
■ No changes are made to any files
■ No money is charged for the program
FCE, its documentation, and all related files are (C) Copyright 1991 by
Andy Hakim. All Rights Reserved. The author of this program is not liable
for any damage caused by its use. By using this program, you agree to the
above conditions.
If you find FCE useful, I would appreciate it if you let me know.
NOTATIONS/TERMINOLOGY
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The following notations are used in this documentation:
<> describes a required parameter
[] describes an optional parameter
{} describes a default parameter
Do not type <>, [], or {}, only the information inside them.
You should be familiar with basic DOS concepts such as wildcards, paths,
subdirectories and text files. If those concepts are foreign to you,
refer to your DOS manual. There are also many books written on
understanding DOS.
FCE version 1.0 Reference Manual Page: 2
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WHAT IS FCE?
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FCE is an abbreviation for File Comment Extractor. It is a utility that
compares two text files that contain filenames and comments, and tries to
match filenames. On a successful match, the comment is copied from the
scan file to the output file. For example:
Contents of file one (files you have downloaded from a bbs):
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ SOLAR .ZIP │
│ 386UTILS.ZIP │
│ MICRODRW.ZIP │
│ MOUSEADJ.ZIP │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Contents of file two (a file list from your favorite bbs)
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ MOUSEADJ.ZIP Mouse adjustment utility │
│ GUMBY .ZIP Doubles your cpu speed (386/33 -> 386/66)! │
│ MICRODRW.ZIP Micro Draw -- easy to use drawing program │
│ POKEY .ZIP Use modem lights as infrared signals! │
│ 386UTILS.ZIP Useful utilities for 386 based pc's │
│ PRICKLE .ZIP Store up to 5mb on a 360k floppy -- works! │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
FCE's Output:
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ SOLAR .ZIP │
│ 386UTILS.ZIP Useful utilities for 386's │
│ MICRODRW.ZIP Micro Draw -- easy to use drawing program │
│ MOUSEADJ.ZIP Mouse adjustment utility │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
If you are familiar with database operations, you may recognize that FCE is
similar to a JOIN function. FCE's advantage is that it operates on text
files and saves you the trouble of converting the file to your database,
defining fields, creating indexes, etc. It also offers many features that
may be hard or cumbersome to duplicate in a database.
WILL FCE BE USEFUL