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- General Instructions
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-
- WARNING! When you initially open a database using the Public
- Domain Catalog, the program allocates approximately 110,000
- characters of disk space to be used for writing the index. This
- insures that you will always be able to save your data even
- though the diskette becomes full. Consequently, if you receive
- this program on a public domain distribution diskette, there may
- be insufficient disk space for the program to execute. In this
- event, copy the PubCat directory to its own diskette before
- attempting to use the program.
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- INTRODUCTION
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- The Public Domain Catalog program provides a convenient method of
- keeping track of all those Public Domain programs. The following
- information is maintained for you in the database:
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- Program Name
- Disk Name
- Type File
- Program Size
- Program Date
- Version
- Reference Data
- Author
- Remarks
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- A method is provided to automatically scan diskettes and make
- entries into the catalog. Before an entry is placed in the
- catalog, you are given the opportunity to change the information
- and add a brief description of the program if desired. Also,
- during the scan process, you may specify that certain directory
- entries are to be bypassed. This feature allows inappropriate
- entries such as ".info", ".doc", etc., to omitted from the
- catalog.
-
- The idea is to create a catalog of your programs rather than a
- directory of your diskettes. Consequently, during the diskette
- scan process, the program does not make catalog entries for each
- program in a directory. Only the directory name is entered into
- the catalog. However, the program does look at individual files
- within a directory for the purpose of computing the size.
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- A general purpose query system is provided to allow you to
- produce reports based on your selection, sorting and formatting
- specifications.
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- In order to reduce disk accesses, the program will grab all the
- RAM it can get. If sufficient RAM is available, it will put the
- entire database in memory. Consequently, the program's
- performance can be improved considerably by terminating all other
- processes and deleting any extraneous RAM files.
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- The database will accommodate approximately 5,000 entries
- provided you have sufficient disk space.
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- Be sure to backup you database often!!
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- DISCLAIMER
-
- The author makes no warranty of any kind with respect to this
- documentation or the software described therein, its quality,
- performance, merchantability, or fitness for any particular
- application. The author shall not be liable for errors contained
- herein or for incidental or consequential damages in connection
- with the use of this product.
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