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GetVers v2.0
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$Id: README.getvers,v 1.2 1998/04/29 00:41:47 tribby Exp $
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This version of GetVers was created by Dave Tribby from a disassembly of
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v1.20: "Another quality Two Meg Software shell utility by Ian Schmidt.
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Copyright (c) 1993 Two Meg Software. All Rights Reserved."
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In the spirit of Two Meg shell utilities, getvers is still in 100% assembly,
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"for minimum size and maximum speed."
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GetVers is the companion for the 'SetVers' utility. Given a filename or
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list of filenames, it prints out the version information for each one.
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1998-04-29 00:42:47 +00:00
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== Improvements for each version ==
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GetVers 2.0 changes:
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* Packaged in standard GNO format, including Makefile, rez file,
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man page update, and desc entry. Also: test cases created.
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* Two new options: -b for brief (no description or country) and
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-c to print rComment resource #1
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-q to skip printing of error information
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* New countries: India, Pakistan, Lithuania, Poland, Hungary, Estonia,
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Latvia, Lapland, Faeroe Islands, Iran, and Russia.
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* Continue processing multiple files even when one has an error.
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* Stack/DP segment is 512 bytes, initialized to "?" characters so
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that.
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* Strings that might contain non-printable characters are translated
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via StringToText.
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* Meaningful error messages are printed when file errors are encountered,
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and remaining files are processed.
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* Resources are locked after they are loaded.
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* A resource file is closed before the next one is opened, removing any
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of the file's resources from memory.
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GetVers 1.20 now uses System 6.0's VersionString call so it can correctly
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report versions for all valid rVersion resources.
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GetVers 1.20 also now includes a stack/DP segment of 384 bytes; quite a step
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down from the default 4k.
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GetVers v1.10 now can accept a list of filenames or pathnames to print version
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information for. This means GNO and TMSH users can use the * and other regexp
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operators to create version reports for a whole list of files (sorry, wildcards
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the Orca way is too much of a pain in the butt :)
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Usage
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-----
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getvers [-b] [-c] [-q] file ...
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GetVers will print a usage message if called with no arguments. Otherwise it
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processes all the arguments and generates a version printout for each one.
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Bugs
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----
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Console output under GNO 1.0 is screwed up. This is a GNO bug fixed in later
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versions.
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1998-03-11 02:58:52 +00:00
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1998-04-29 00:42:47 +00:00
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Big Thanks [from Ian Schmidt] To
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--------------------------------
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The Apple Brigade: Jim "Huh?" Murphy, Matt "Missed Manners" Deatherage, and
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David "Mr Tangent" Lyons. Also Jawaid `zaB' Bazyar and James `Abe' Brookes.
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1998-04-29 00:42:47 +00:00
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Original Author
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---------------
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1998-03-11 02:58:52 +00:00
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Ian Schmidt, Two Meg Software
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1998-04-29 00:42:47 +00:00
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Updated by
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Dave Tribby, tribby@cup.hp.com
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