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* $VER: Historian 95.2 (19.2.95) ⌐1995 Ian J. Einman *
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Template: FILE/M
Description
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Historian is a tool for dating archives. Usually, date stamp of most LZX
and LHA archives is set to the time the archive is created, or the time a
file was last added to the archive. If you downloaded the archive, the
date is set to when you downloaded it.
Since you have probably collected hundreds of file archives, you now need
Historian. Historian will find the newest file in an archive, and set the
datestamp of the archive to the date of the newest file contained within it.
Now, when you list a directory containing your archives, the dates listed
will actually reflect the contents of the archive. This works very well in
conjunction with a directory utility. You can list the files by date, and
easily pick out very old or very new archives.
This is also useful when you have two archives of similar content and need
to know which is most recent. If you downloaded the oldest archive more
recently than the newer archive, you might delete the newer one if you only
looked at the date on the archive.
Historian ignores files without a three-letter suffix. Any file with a
three-letter suffix will attempt to be dated with the archiver with the
suffix name (LZX, LHA, LZH). BE CAREFUL because Historian does not
currently work with every format. DO NOT let it date a ZOO archive!
Example
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To date all LZX archives in Downloads: and all archives in storage:games
╗ Historian Downloads:#?.lzx storage:games/#?
Archivers
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Historian needs LZX and/or LhA somewhere in the command path. The command
used is the three letter suffix of the archive. Therefore, in order to
date archives with a #?.lzh suffix, you need to set up an alias:
Alias LZH LHA
If you are using another (#?.lha|#?.lzh) archiver, you will also need to set
up aliases:
Alias LZH LX
Alias LHA LX
Historian only understands the list formats generated by LZX and LHA. Some
other archive formats may work, but only if they have a similar list format
and respond to standard archive commands. Arc, Zoo, Zip, and Arj do not
work. Only LZX, LhA and LX are tested and known to work.
History
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95.2: I just wrote it today, so there isn't much to say.
Historian is not complete, I have many more things to add to it.
Please do not complain if it does not have your favorite feature.
Author
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Ian J. Einman
P.O. Box 5711
Bellingham, WA 98227
i.einman@genie.geis.com
1-360-738-2443
Copyright
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Version 95.2 of Historian is FreeWare. It is not public domain, and is not
to be disassembled or altered. It may be included with archivers and other
programs without my permission or knowledge, as long as this file is included.