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Showlog v1.04
┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ L I C E N C E T E R M S & C O N D I T I O N S │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
SHOWLOG is copyright and has been released for distribution as SHAREWARE by
EGJ Computer Services Ltd. and is the property solely of that company.
You are granted a temporary licence to use this program for evaluation only.
If you wish to use it beyond a 2 week period, you must register such use
and pay the registration fee required. A form is provided for this purpose at
the end of this documentation. Please register to support continued development.
You are granted permission to distribute this software to any person or
organisation, including commercial or private bulletin boards, by any means
available provided that:
1) The software is distributed without alteration of any kind whatsoever.
2) The software is distributed with all the files which are provided,
including registration, licence and copyright notices.
3) The copyright notices are acknowledged in any reviews of the product,
whether published or private.
4) The software is not reverse engineered to examine its working
whether out of interest, educational purpose or for commercial gain,
any such gains being the right of the copyright holder.
Additionally, in use:
5) No liability for damage, injury or loss, however caused, whether actual
or implied is accepted by the author or the company EGJ Computer
Services Ltd. from the use of, or storage of, this software.
6) No guarantee of correctness is offered in respect of the software or its
documentation.
When registered:
7) You may use this software on one computer only for the benefit of its
users. Multiple uses of a single registered or expired evaluation copy
of this program is theft.
8) Technical support is available by post; Reports of faults or suggested
enhancements will be considered for possible future versions which will
be available to registered users for the cost of the postage and disc.
ShowLog v1.04
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ T h e S h a r e W a r e P r i n c i p l e. │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
ShareWare is the term given to software which is distributed on a
"try-before-you-buy" basis, allowing full operational evaluation before
parting with the money. This allows for accurate selection of the software
which you need and lets the software speak for itself. Also, by allowing
un-restricted distribution, the overall marketing costs are much reduced
leading to a much lower price overall.
However, the product DOES have a cost, it is NOT FREE and the
registration fee must be paid if the product is used beyond the evaluation
period. Doing otherwise is THEFT and will likely lead to the number of
programs available by this means becoming smaller and smaller.
At registration, you also receive the latest version, technical support
and can make your comments and suggestions which can lead to improvements or
even another useful program.
Please co-operate and register now to gain the full benefits.
Showlog v1.04
┌───────────────────────────────────┐
│ R e f e r e n c e M a n u a l. │
└───────────────────────────────────┘
Introduction
The purpose of this program is to search and select information from the
BACKUP.LOG file created during a disc backup, aiding both the management of
the backup disc set and the process of file resoration. By use of the command
options, the exact location of a particular file within the existing backup
set discs can be identified. The full details for the files which match the
selection criteria will be displayed.
Command line syntax.
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SHOWLOG [-options] [pattern]
where
OPTIONS are single letter options, described below, some of
which take immediate values which must be given following
the option letter without any spaces. eg.
-Ca:
-P\filepath\filename
PATTERN is the filename pattern to be matched in a search of
the logfile. If it is omitted, the filename part of the
filepath on each line of the logfile will not be used during
of the search and selection.
Command options
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-C Takes a disc identifier value. When given, this option will
cause the latest backup set entry in the file to be copied
to a valid backup log file in the root directory of the
specified disc, if sufficient space exists.
This is particularly useful in allowing the latest backup log
entry to be copied to the last disc in a newly created backup
disc set, when normally no record of the contents of a
backup set is kept within that disc set.
This option is mutually exclusive with the -R option.
-D Takes a 3 digit string numeric value. This allows the search
to be restricted to those discs with the same sequence number
as given here. The string numeric value must have leading
zeroes spoecified to ensure that exactly 3 characters are
given. The search pattern matching is restricted to disc
entries with this number. By default, the search will cover
and display all matching discs.
When given, this option automatically enables the -S option.
ShowLog v1.04
-F Takes a file path value. This allows the program to operate
on an alternative log file, specified entirely by this option.
Normally the log file is expected to be present in the root
directory of the currently logged disc and have the
name BACKUP.LOG.
-P Takes a string value. This allows the specification of a
search pattern which matches only in the directory tree part
of file names found in the backup file. Only lines with a
successful match become a part of the display.
When given, this option automatically enables the -S option.
-R Takes a date value. All backup records preceding this date
are removed from the backup log. This is most useful in
preventing the log file from growing enormous, particularly
when the older backup disc sets no longer exist but have
been over-written in later cycles.
If the specified date is not found, the backup file remains
unchanged.
This option is mutually exclusive with the -C option.
-S The show option. If used without a search pattern, will
produce a display consisting of the dates of all backup sets
recorded in the backup log file.
When a search pattern is given, all lines in the file which
match the pattern in any way are displayed alongside the
backup set disc number on which the file is to be found.
Program Output.
When a pattern match is found, the first line of the display consists
of the date of the backup set, the sequence number of the disc and full file
path of the matched file. Subsequent lines from the same backup set are
displayed without a date, but the disc and file columns remain aligned.
The program is compatible with the usual command line re-direction
capability provided by DOS. The screen output can be sent to a device or
disc file, as desired, although any error messages encountered during
processing will still appear on the screen device.
The program may be used within a batch file, returning an error
status if a fault is detected, and a success status if the operation
completed su