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USER MANUAL
- Release : 12-Nov-92
Copyright ©1991-1992 Chris P. Vandierendonck, [AmiSYS].
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Copyright Notice
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
RIVer
is released as
FREEWARE
, not excluding the copyright and
all other rights, which remain with the author Chris P.
Vandierendonck. Permission is granted to freely distribute this
program and related files for non-commercial purposes only. When
distributed, all files must be kept together, in their original
unmodified form.
Prior written permission from the author is required to use
RIVer
in commercial releases, on coverdisks or diskmagazines.
(AmigaDOS is a trademark of Commodore Amiga Inc.)
Disclaimer
~~~~~~~~~~
RIVer
is provided "AS IS", WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY to its quality,
performance or fitness for a particular purpose. In no event
shall the author be liable or responsible to the user or any
other person, for any kind of damage caused by the use of this
software.
Suggestions, remarks and bug reports about this program can be
send to the following address :
Chris Vandierendonck
Koning Albertstraat 188
B-8210 VELDEGEM
BELGIUM
Preface
~~~~~~~
RIVer
is a program to read the embedded version ID (hereafter
referred to as 'EVID') of a program or any other file that
supports this ID. The principle of an EVID was introduced with
AmigaDOS release 2. Many systemsoftware supports this EVID,
along with other software (mostly commercial).
RIVer
isn't intentended as a replacement for the AmigaDOS
command 'Version', but rather an extension. With
RIVer
you can
attach the EVID as a filenote (comment) to the scanned program
or file.
RIVer
can also show the EVID in the form of a table,
where each field of the EVID is clearly printed.
RIVer
is reentrant, so it can be made resident.
System Requirements
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
RIVer
requires AmigaDOS v1.2 or higher.
RIVer v2.00 User Manual - Page 1
EVID structure
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The
standard format
(AmigaDOS) of an EVID structure is as
follows :
$VER: <name> <version>.<revision> (<dd>.<mm>.<yy>)
Field explanation -> <name> : name of the program or file
<version> : major version number
<revision> : minor version number
<dd> : creation day
<mm> : creation month (numeric)
<yy> : creation year
After this text sequence, most programs include a comment.
All my programs support this EVID code, but the structure has
been extended. (This has no effect on the correct functioning of
the AmigaDOS command 'Version'!).
The
extended format
(AmiSYS format) is as follows :
$VER: <name> <version>.<revision> (<dd>.<mm>.<yy>/
<hh>:<mm>:<ss>/<devcode>) <comment>
Field explanation -> <hh> : hour created
<mm> : minutes of hour created
<ss> : seconds of hour created
<devcode> : code used in development of
program
<comment> : copyright notice
Program Usage
(Shell/CLI only)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
FORMAT : <fileName> [MARK] [TABLE] [VERSION]
o
RIVer arguments
:
("?" gets the program format.)
<fileName> : the name of the program or file to be scanned for
an EVID (if it's necessary to find it, also give
the path).
[MARK] : if an EVID is present, then attach it as a filenote
to the scanned program or file (if the EVID text is
longer than 80 characters, then only the first 80
characters will be used for the filenote).
[TABLE] : show the EVID in the form of a table, where each
field of the EVID structure is clearly printed.
(See further for an example output.)
[VERSION] : print the program's copyright and version.
o
RIVer output
:
When the TABLE option isn't used, then
RIVer
will only print the
EVID text. If you type 'RIVer river' (if the RIVer program is in
the current directory, otherwise add the path to find it), you
RIVer v2.00 User Manual - Page 2
should get: "EVID: RIVer 2.00 (12.11.92/23:54:51/00-015) ©1991-
1992 AmiSYS_[cpv]".
The TABLE output should look like this ('RIVer river TABLE'):
EMBEDDED VERSION ID
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
FILENAME : RIVer
VERSION : 2.00
REL.DATE : 12.11.92
REL.TIME : 23:54:51
DEVCODE : 00-015
COMMENT : ©1991-1992 AmiSYS_[cpv]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Program antecedents
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
VERS RELEASED RC COMMENT
==== ========= == =============================================
1.00 16-Aug-91 PU First program version.
1.10 21-Feb-92 PU Made the code more efficient. Also changed
the output a bit.
1.11 29-Mar-92 PU Minor code changes.
2.00 12-Nov-92 FW Rewrote the program in order to have more
efficient and faster code.
Added the [TABLE] option.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
RIVer v2.00,
Copyright ©1991-1992 Chris P.Vandierendonck [AmiSYS],
All Rights Reserved.
RIVer v2.00 User Manual - Page 3