Short: Creates index.html ftp area, adds 'short:' info to index Author: Robert Wal Uploader: Robert Wal Type: util/rexx Version: 1.00 Requires: ARexx, commands: SORT JOIN DELETE DATE from workbench Architecture: m68k-amigaos *** IMPORTANT *** IMPORTANT *** IMPORTANT *** IMPORTANT *** IMPORTANT *** Due to my lazyness, the archive that I uploaded on aminet, didn't contain the program itself, only two versions of readme file... :-( I just haven't checked it.... I appologize all people that downloaded it, and I want to thank here Martin Brunkow who reported this... Sorry guys... ************************************************************************** This program is distributed under gnu general public license (not included here, because it is bigger then the program itself ;-) Additionally, if you generate the index using this program, YOU MUST LEAVE THE COPYRIGHT NOTE ON THE ROOT PAGE INTACT!!! ************************************************************************** Reason: Friend of mine, who is system administrator in commercial internet services provider, has got his amiga connected to the net. He installed the httpd for AmiTCP, but unfortunatelly this daemon doesn't know how to make indexes for the directories that don't have the index.html file. eg. ftp area directories. And we both like aminet www indexes that show you short field from readme, and allow you to read this by just clicking on this field. So this script was born to do this job. It creates index.html in the given directory and subdirectories. Inserts the file '.message' if exists, and adds the field 'short:' from corresponding '.readme' file (if exists), making link from this field to the '.readme' file itself. If the '.readme' file doesn't contain the 'short:' field, present the name of the readme file. YOU'LL DEFINITELLY RUN INTO TROUBLES IF YOU ARE USING MULTIUSERFILESYSTEM AND WANT TO GENERATE INDEX FOR DIRECTORY THAT IS INACCESIBLE FOR 'NOBODY'. REASON IS SIMPLE: REXXMASTER TASK IS OWNED BY 'NOBODY' AND LET IT BETTER STAY THAT WAY :)) I'm thinking about rewriting it in C, but if you know both C and Rexx, you know how big work is needed for that job, so be patient. Or better: write to me if you need it. REQUIRES COMMANDS 'SORT', 'JOIN', 'DELETE' and 'DATE' TO BE IN THE PATH!!! config variables: guide: if set to 1 the files are generated in the amigaguide format; not very smart :) but useful for testing purpouses hostname: the text that appears in the title, before the directory name could be something like: http://plukwa.lodz.pdi.net/ftp/ ************************************************************************** Author: Robert Wal e-mail: reptile@lodz.pdi.net snail-mail: Robert Wal 11-go Listopada 35 m 12 91-371 Lodz POLAND ************************************************************************** History: + - new feature - - removed feature ! - bugfix 0.90 - 04-Mar-96 initial release, beta in ARexx, for friends only 1.00 - 12-Apr-96 - no longer generates guides: found good html viewer :) ! changed layout of the html file: previous one was a total mess + added ability to read productinfo files (extension .pi) like defined by Fred Fish on his ADE distribution sites. + added "Parent" button to get one level higher. Normally can be replaced by using "Back" button of your Browser, except the case when you started browsing from inside the archive eg. http://plukwa.lodz.pdi.net/ftp/amiga/