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Short: V2.0 - Keeps updated your Aminet INDEX
Author: mc4948@mclink.it (Adriano De Minicis)
Uploader: mc4948@mclink.it (Adriano De Minicis)
Version: 2.0
Type: util/misc
Replaces: util/misc/MergeRec.lha
MergeRec v2.0 * 25-Jan-96 * CARDWARE
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Introduction
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MergeRec updates your local copy of the Aminet "INDEX" file by merging
the recent uploads from a "RECENT" file, "aminet-weekly" or "aminet-daily"
mailing list.
The index produced by MergeRec is sorted, and has the 'Age' column correctly
updated.
With MergeRec you can use the RECENT file downloaded from a ftp site, or the
e-mailed aminet-weekly/daily recent uploads list, without manually removing
the extraneous lines (header and/or other messages) in the input file.
MergeRec automatically extract the RECENT list(s) from your mailbox file.
It accepts multiple recents (daily/weekly) and it don't cares if the lines
end with LF or CR+LF.
You can also save (or append) the extracted RECENT to a file. This option
is useful if you want to use GadMget or share the file with users if you
run a bbs, for example.
Another option compares the RECENT file to your INDEX, and saves to a file
those entries that are really new uploads. This option is useful especially
for the aminet-daily mailing list, that frequently contains entries that
were 'recent' a few days before.
Changes from v1.1
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- Removed the limit of one recent per input file. Now you can give a file
with multiple recents (typically the daily-recents).
- Save (or append) the extracted RECENT (sorted or not) to a file.
If multiple recents are found they can be merged together.
- Compare the RECENT file to your INDEX, and save to a file those entries
that are really new uploads.
- Replace the old index with the new (you don't have to manually delete
the old index and rename the new)
Bugs/problems fixed:
- If the Workbench was localized with a non-english language, MergeRec
didn't read the dates in the headers (unless the month name was
translated to the preset language).
- The age column was not updated correctly (if you updated the index after
less than a week, the age remained always unchanged). Now the age column
is always correct (with a tolerance of +/- 1 week), even if you update
daily the index.
- There was a bug in the sort routine (it was the MergeRecent routine buggy):
the first entry of a recent was not sorted.
- Better recognition of end of recent list.
THE TEMPLATE IS CHANGED.
Requirements
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MergeRec requires WB 2.04 (Kickstart V37) or higher.