a_dent@vaxa.cc.uwa.oz.au (08/09/90)
A friend has asked me to write something, or find a package that will do... He wants to be able to reconcile a vast collection of floppies and three hard disks, to track down outdated copies of documents. The program should be able to create a "delete-list" for a given floppy and then ask for the floppies and delete the files. The "delete-list" should be influenced by parameters such as "anything within the same day/period is considered a current version" or manually checking the files to be deleted. The program should allow him to specify that the "n latest" versions be kept. Naturally, it should produce a catalog at the end of this, by document so he can go straight to the correct floppies. I AM willing to write this so, if you're interested in seeing it as shareware please also respond. However, it would certainly be easier if there was an existing retail or shareware program that exactly meets these needs :-) Thanks in Advance Andy Dent A.D. Software phone 09 249 2719 Mac & VAX programmer 94 Bermuda Dve, Ballajura a_dent@vaxa.uwa.oz Western Australia 6066 a_dent@vaxa.uwa.oz.AU (international)
wsinkees@wsinti01.info.win.tue.nl (Kees Huizing) (08/13/90)
a_dent@vaxa.cc.uwa.oz.au writes: >He wants to be able to reconcile a vast collection of floppies and three hard >disks, to track down outdated copies of documents. ... >I AM willing to write this so, if you're interested in seeing it as shareware >please also respond. However, it would certainly be easier if there was an >existing retail or shareware program that exactly meets these needs :-) There is a Hypercard stack called something Floppy_Cat that could serve as a basis for your program. It includes a XCMD that quickly reads the contents of a floppy and puts it on a card. It has a lot of parameters to obtain file information. It provides an easy and quick way to catalog your floppies, but the rest you have to write yourself (except the standard hypercard find etc.). I think it is on sumex-aim.stanford.edu in the directory card. Good luck, Kees PS, I am interested in what you write or find. -- Kees Huizing - Eindhoven Univ of Techn - Dept Math & Comp Sc - The Netherlands DOMAIN: wsinkees@win.tue.nl BITNET: wsdckeesh@heitue5 FAX: +31-40-436685