PathMaster™ is a small utility that will scan through Red Ryder Host/Second Sight 2.x file transfer sections, and globally find and replace portions of file paths. I wrote this utility because I wanted to reorganize the heirarchichal structure of the file library for the AppleSeeds BBS, but didn't want to have to type 2000 individual paths in. So, in summary, this utility is useful if, for example, you want to change your folder called "INITs" to "Extensions", or if you want to move your entire file library to a hard drive or partition with a different name than its current location.
Operation
PathMaster™ works on one file transfer section at a time. You select the section you want to work on using the "Select Transfer Section" button. You then enter the old path into the first TextEdit field, and the new path into the second TextEdit field. Then you hit the "Go" button. Your old file transfer section will be left untouched, and a new file transfer section will be created, with the same name as the old section, but with the ".new" extension added.
Caveats
There is no limit on the number of files that can be present in the file transfer section.
There is some error checking done, but it is not really extensive, so check out the ".new" transfer sections after they are created. I haven't tried to make the program totally foolproof, although it should be able to handle common boo boos, such as not entering a file path, or running on a locked disk. It will choke, however, if you do stupid things such as pasting >32K of text into the TextEdit fields. Of course, this software comes with no warranty, either implied or expressed, and the author bears no responsibility for lost data.
All of the paths in the new transfer sections are in uppercase. This was necessary in order to perform string comparisons. Any diacritical marks should have been left alone, but let me know if there is a problem with special characters in the file paths.
Version 1.0 is not MultiFinder aware, so it does not operate in the background, although it runs under System 7 & System 6 with MultiFinder. I needed the software fast because the partition that my file library was residing on was rapidly filling up and I needed to reorganize the file library structure. Maybe the next release will have more bells and whistles, if there is interest.
Other information
This software was written using Prototyper™ with MPW Object Pascal, and if you send me a disk and return postage (about $1), I will give you the source code.
A bug was fixed that made the first record of the file transfer section not be copied over to the modified section when run on an SE/30 (and maybe other machines. It didn't do it on my Plus). Sorry about any inconvenience that may have caused.
