OutLog V1.00

                          ©1992 by Marc Jackisch
                             Im Schaufsfeld 17
                              4018 Langenfeld
                               WEST-GERMANY
                              mtj@tron.gun.de

                                  PURPOSE
       OutLog is a program for real multi-tasking freaks.  It makes
       it  possible for the user to check his system for left tasks
       before  turning the computer off, which is especially useful
       if   you   tend  to  forget  editors  or  other  data-losing
       applications behind a bunch of intution screens.

                                LEGAL STUFF
       Yawn!   (Why  do we always have to do this?) OutLog is ©1992
       by  Marc  Jackisch  (full  address see above).  OutLog comes
       without  any  warranty,  not  even  the  implied warranty of
       merchantibility  or  fitness  for a particular purpose.  Use
       OutLog  at  your  own  risk!  In no case anybody can be made
       responsible for any damage the program may cause.

       OutLog  must  be  redistributed  in its entirety, i.e.  this
       documentation  must  stay with the executable and both files
       must remain unchanged.

                                   USAGE
       First,  you  have  to set up a configuration file for OutLog
       which  contains  the  names  of  all  tasks  which  may (not
       necessarily)  run when you want to switch your computer off.
       This usually includes things like "trackdisk.device", "RAM",
       etc.   Use your favorite text-editor to create this file and
       write one taskname per line with nothing before or after the
       name.  Then, save this file as "ENV:OutLog.cnf".  (This name
       may  be  overridden,  see  below.)  (As  ENV:   is  normally
       contained  in  the  ram-disk, you should also save a copy of
       your  configuration file to ENVARC:  once you have set it up
       correctly.)

       Note,  that  the tasknames are case-sensitive.  The names of
       the  running tasks are cut off at the first linefeed ('\n').
       (This   is   necessary   for   things   like   "iprefs  37.8
       (31.5.91)\n\r", which is a real name.)

       Multiple  tasknames  must  be  stated  as  often as they may
       occur!   E.g.   the  trackdisk.device  exists  once for each
       floppy  drive; therefore in my config, the file contains the
       line "trackdisk.device" three times.

       Then you start OutLog either from WorkBench or from the CLI.
       A window will open up and show two lists:  illegally running
       tasks  (i.e.   tasks  which  names  are  not  part  of  your
       configuration  file)  and other left tasks.  (OutLog ignores
       itself in these lists.)

       You  have  a scroller gadget on the right side of the window
       (use  it  as  a  scroller gadget) and a close-gadget to quit
       (use it as a close-gadget).

       OutLog  accepts  a  different  config-file name as a command
       line   parameter   from   the   CLI   or   as  the  tooltype
       "CONFIG=<name>" from WB.


       Hope you'll find it useful, Marc.