MergeRec 2.0

Short:        V2.0 - Keeps updated your Aminet INDEX
Author:       mc4948@mclink.it (Adriano De Minicis)
Uploader:     mc4948 mclink it (Adriano De Minicis)
Type:         util/misc
Version:      2.0
Replaces:     util/misc/MergeRec.lha
Architecture: m68k-amigaos

MergeRec v2.0 * 25-Jan-96 * CARDWARE
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Introduction
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MergeRec updates your local copy of the Aminet "INDEX" file by merging
the recent uploads from a "RECENT" file, "aminet-weekly" or "aminet-daily"
mailing list.

The index produced by MergeRec is sorted, and has the 'Age' column correctly
updated.

With MergeRec you can use the RECENT file downloaded from a ftp site, or the
e-mailed aminet-weekly/daily recent uploads list, without manually removing
the extraneous lines (header and/or other messages) in the input file.
MergeRec automatically extract the RECENT list(s) from your mailbox file.
It accepts multiple recents (daily/weekly) and it don't cares if the lines
end with LF or CR+LF.

You can also save (or append) the extracted RECENT to a file. This option
is useful if you want to use GadMget or share the file with users if you
run a bbs, for example.

Another option compares the RECENT file to your INDEX, and saves to a file
those entries that are really new uploads. This option is useful especially
for the aminet-daily mailing list, that frequently contains entries that
were 'recent' a few days before.

Changes from v1.1
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- Removed the limit of one recent per input file. Now you can give a file
  with multiple recents (typically the daily-recents).

- Save (or append) the extracted RECENT (sorted or not) to a file.
  If multiple recents are found they can be merged together.

- Compare the RECENT file to your INDEX, and save to a file those entries
  that are really new uploads.

- Replace the old index with the new (you don't have to manually delete
  the old index and rename the new)

Bugs/problems fixed:

- If the Workbench was localized with a non-english language, MergeRec
  didn't read the dates in the headers (unless the month name was 
  translated to the preset language).

- The age column was not updated correctly (if you updated the index after
  less than a week, the age remained always unchanged). Now the age column
  is always correct (with a tolerance of +/- 1 week), even if you update
  daily the index.

- There was a bug in the sort routine (it was the MergeRecent routine buggy):
  the first entry of a recent was not sorted.

- Better recognition of end of recent list.

THE TEMPLATE IS CHANGED.

Requirements
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MergeRec requires WB 2.04 (Kickstart V37) or higher.