@database MTM @master MTM.guide @$VER: 1.0 @font thin711.font 11 @width 76 @node "Main" "Move To Mirror 2.0" @next "COPYRIGHTS" @prev "AUTHOR" =========================================================================== M O V E T O M I R R O R 2 . 0 by Kenneth "Kenny" Nilsen Copyright (C) 1997 by Digital Surface =========================================================================== @{" Copyright " link "COPYRIGHTS" 0} Important notes @{" Introduction " link "INTRO" 0} What this program do @{" Requirements and installation " link "REQINSTALL" 0} Nice stuff @{" Usage " link "USAGE" 0} How to use this program @{" Author " link "AUTHOR" 0} Address and notes =========================================================================== @endnode @node "COPYRIGHTS" "Copyrights" @next "INTRO" @prev "Main" =========================================================================== COPYRIGHT =========================================================================== This program is FREEWARE. That means you can distribute this archive freely as long there is no fee taken other than a nominal fee for media usage. It is not legal to reverse engineer this program, neither to distribute the files seperatly without prior written permission from author. =========================================================================== @endnode @node "INTRO" "Introduction" @next "REQINSTALL" @prev "COPYRIGHTS" =========================================================================== INTRODUCTION =========================================================================== This little program will organize your local AmiNet mirror on your HD. Most times after downloading files from AmiNet all the files are in the same directory. This is very messy if there are lots of files. This program scans the messy directory, creates subdirs in the destination dir you want the mirror based on the Type field in the readme file. It can even do pattern matching of the files and use the short field of the readme file as a filenote (see @{"usage" link "USAGE" 0} for more information). It then copies the files optionally with the readme file to the new location. For example: In your download dir you have the following files: Download: A1200FDfix.lha A1200FDfix.readme DBackup232_MUI.lha DBackup232_MUI.readme Galaxy_2.lha Galaxy_2.readme Kick1000.lha Kick1000.readme PllbC2pV1.lha PllbC2pV1.readme After running MoveToMirror you could have this as result: Download:Aminet/ hard/ hack/ A1200FDfix.lha : Make new A1200 compatible to old ones A1200FDfix.readme Kick1000.lha : A1000 with 2.0 EPROM/ROM ! Kick1000.readme dev/ asm/ PllbC2pV1.lha : Pllb-Chunky to Planar Sources PllbC2pV1.readme pix/ anim/ Galaxy_2.lha : Red and Blue 3D Galaxy animation 2 Galaxy_2.readme As you can see the download directory will be much more organized this way and you can have an exact copy of the Aminet. Check out the many options with this program. If you want one that doesn't exist drop @{"me" link "AUTHOR" 0} a note! =========================================================================== @endnode @node "REQINSTALL" "Requirements and installation" @next "USAGE" @prev "INTRO" =========================================================================== REQUIREMENTS AND INSTALLATION =========================================================================== Requires: kickstart 2.0. Any MC68K will do. Recommented: harddisk Installation: Copy MoveToMirror to C: or any other place you want. You can rename the file to MTM or something else if you want to of course. Copy the guide file if needed. =========================================================================== @endnode @node "USAGE" "Usage" @next "AUTHOR" @prev "REQINSTALL" =========================================================================== USAGE =========================================================================== In this chapter we will go through all the options. First a short overview: USAGE: MTM [options] -a = overwrite existing files -c = clone file attributes -d = delete original (move) -n = don't use 'short:' as filecomment -p = use pattern matching -r = don't copy *.readme files -v = verbose NOTE: You will need the readme files of an archive/file to use this program! srcdir ------ Source directory is where you have all the files you downloaded from Aminet. destdir ------- Destination directory is the directory where you want to have the Aminet dir three built. For example: download:aminet/ this will be the root for the three like for example: download:aminet/hard/hack/ will be the dir for files belonging here based on the Type: field in the readme file. If the type field doesn't exist MoveToMirror can't handle the file. You can manually insert the type field or move it yourself. -a -- When this option is used MTM will not ask you if you want to overwrite a file if the file already exists in the destination dir three. -c -- When this option is used MTM will clone the date, protection bits and filecomment of the original file in your source directory. NOTE: the original file comment will only be copied if the option -n is used. Otherwise the Short: field of the readme file will be used as filecomment and the orignal commnent is copied to the readme file instead. -d -- When this option is used the original file(s) will be deleted if they are succesfully copied to destination dir three. NOTE: if option -r (don't copy readme files) is used the original readme files will not be deleted. -n -- Use this option if you don't want the Short: field of the readme file cloned. Use the -c (clone) option to copy the filecomment of the file(s) in source directory. When -n option is not used the original (if -c is used) filecomment will be copied to the readme file. -p -- This option will allow pattern macthing of the files in source directory. Normal usage when this option isn't used, is just the dirname of the sourec dir. When -p is set you must suply an additional pattern to srcdir. For example: "MoveToMirror Download:*.jpg Download:Aminet/" will only copy the files ending with *.jpg. Using *.readme will have no effect. -r -- When this option is used the readme files in the sourcedir will not be copied to destination dir three. If option -d (delete original) is also used the readme files will not be deleted from source dir. -v -- When this option is on you are in verbose mode. That means you will get output on every important action in the console done by the program. Useful for "debugging" if you find files that doesn't copy correctly or if you will send a bug report to @{"author" link "AUTHOR" 0}. All major errors will be reported independent on this option Do you need more options ? @{"Contact author" link "AUTHOR" 0} =========================================================================== @endnode @node "AUTHOR" "Author" @next "Main" @prev "USAGE" =========================================================================== AUTHOR =========================================================================== MoveToMirror (MTM) is made by: Kenneth "Kenny" Nilsen Email: kenny@bgnett.no URL: http://www.bgnett.no/~kenny/ Contact me for comments, suggestions, bugreports and wishes. Keep the Amiga alive! Help Amiga program authors keep on developing. You can do that simply by sending a short email with regards or comments. =========================================================================== @endnode