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- WHATSNEW.DOC 05/10/82 T McCormick.
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- Whatsnew is derived from D-27A directory
- program.
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- When you execute whatsnew at the A> prompt,
- it reads the directory of the logged-in drive
- and compares each file name found to a list
- of filenames kept inside whatsnew.com, itself.
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- It then displays the files added or removed
- since the date specified when the "set" option
- was last run. B>WHATSNEW SET 12/25/82 would
- cause the filenames from the B: directory (and
- the set date 12/25/82) to be stored within
- whatsnew.com.
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- If you need to create a fresh copy of WHATSNEW
- without any directory (i.e. to clear out the
- old directory entries which have already been
- stored in WHATSNEW), copy WHATSNEW.COM to a
- freshly formatted disk, log into that disk, and
- then type: WHATSNEW SET <cr>
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- Another use is to run the set command on one
- disk, pip whatsnew.com to a 2nd disk, and run
- whatsnew (without the set option) on the 2nd
- disk. In this way you get a list of all files
- on each disk that are NOT on the other.
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- Whatsnew is most commonly used on remote CP/M
- systems where callers can simply run it rather
- than paw through lots of directories looking for
- new stuff.
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- It will NOT notice that you replaced a specific
- filename with a later version under the same
- name. On the other hand, it does not require
- "maintenance" since it uses the current directory
- vs a directory snapshot from some day in the past.
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- Whatsnew can be useful to note which diskettes
- have had additions or deletions when you are
- updating your catalog, or at other housekeeping
- times.
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- ries which have already been
- stored in WHATSNEW)