Disc Indexer
by Majid Anwar and modified by Mike Hobbs

This application scans directories (including whole discs, network
directories etc.), and produces ArcScan or Text files listing the contents
of the disc.

When run, the program adds an icon to the icon bar. Clicking Menu over this
icon results in a menu being displayed containing the usual Info and Quit
entries. Clicking Select over this icon results in the program's main window
being opened.

The main window consists of a number of sections. Two sets of option
(on/off) icons are titled Include and Display. The Include icons select
whether files, directories and/or applications are included in the output.
The Display icons select what information is included about each file. Note
that the program doesn't decide if the choices are sensible; scans can be
performed that include nothing, for instance.

A pair of radio icons select whether the scan produces an ArcScan file or a
Text file. If neither icon is selected, an error will be generated if a scan
is initiated. The path icon is used to enter the pathname of the directory
to scan. Dragging a file icon to the path icon will enter its full pathname
in the path icon. This can be edited to allow, for instance, a disc root
directory to be scanned.

Clicking Select on the OK icon initiates the scan. When the scan is
complete, a 'Save as' dialogue box is displayed, allowing the output file
to be saved. The filename for the saved file is derived from the pathname
being scanned. The pathname has the filing system prefix removed to save
space occupied by the scan files. The dialogue box remains until closed by
either dragging the icon to a destination to complete the save or clicking
with the Adjust button to abort the save. 

If TigerData files exist, the appropriate description is entered into the 
output stream but the TigerData files themselves are omitted (TigerData
files are files created by RISC User's Tiger application, containing textual
information about the contents of the directory in which they reside).


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