Contents

Copyright information
Introduction
Features
System requirements
Installation
Usage
How to reach the author
Revision history


Copyright information

rolodex 1.3 - a simple rolodex database
Copyright (C) 1994 George Leonidas Coulouris

        This  program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License Version 2
as published by the Free Software Foundation.

        This  program  is  distributed  in  the  hope  that it will be
useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY  or  FITNESS  FOR  A  PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
General Public License for more details.

        You  should  have  received  a  copy of the GNU General Public
License  along  with  this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.


Introduction

        rolodex  is  a  simple  database program based on Rolodex card
files.  It records names, addresses, phone numbers, and the like.


Features

        - Auto-sorting.  Entries are sorted on-the-fly.

        - Simple data format.  The data are stored in ASCII and can be
edited with any text editor.

        - Efficient data storage.  All memory is dynamically allocated
and freed.

        - Clean,  portable  code.   All code is 100% ANSI C.  Contains
excellent linked list examples.


System requirements

        - none


Usage

        rolodex  runs  in  one  of  two  modes  from the CLI;
interactive mode or search mode.

        Interactive  mode  is  started  when  rolodex  is  run without
command-line  arguments.   Interactive  mode  is simple, friendly, and
menu-driven.   It's not too difficult to figure out, so figure it out.

        Search mode is started when rolodex is run with one
command-line argument; the search string.  rolodex will search the
database (assuming a database exists) for the name you specify, and
will inform you of its success.


How to reach the author

Send feedback, questions, suggestions, flames, etc. to:

        deltax@hermes.acm.rpi.edu


Revision history

1.0     15 Dec 93       A computer science exercise

1.1     25 May 94       First release

1.2     12 Jun 94       Added printer support
        20 Jun 94       Cleaned up a bit, added search routine

1.3     6 July 94       Added command-line search option.
                        Search function made more robust