






                              B B S    S O R T
                                   2.31
                              (c)1998 LeSaMiro













    Program is intended for sorting a list of files 'FILES.BBS'.
  It useful for System operators different BBS, which support
  a format of file FILES.BBS.
  Program allows to conduct different operations with the file 'FILES.BBS':
PR - To Begin a description not after the filename, but on the following line.
        Hereon all data will bases in the file 'FILES.BBS' as follows:
        [Filename]
                   [Description]
        ..............................................
        [Filename]
                   [Description]

/E - To Add information on EXIST files ONLY.
        Very useful function. It compares a file 'FILES.BBS' with the current
        directory. Unless exists a file in the current directory,
        the information on the given file is not brought in new 'FILES.BBS'.

/N - To Take Away Information On the size and date of making a file.
        For instance:
          BBSSORT.ZIP 23491 28/07/98 Sorting 'FILES.BBS'
        After performing this functions will:
          BBSSORT.ZIP   Sorting 'FILES.BBS'

/S - To Take Away file counters.
        For instance:
          BBSSORT.ZIP   [231] Sorting 'files.bbs'
        After performing this functions will:
          BBSSORT.ZIP   Sorting 'FILES.BBS'

/ALL - To Sort files.bbs files in all subdirectories of current directory.
        Views all subdirectories on existance of file 'FILES.BBS'.
        Found files 'FILES.BBS' are sorted.

/Fn - A First line of description to begin from the column n. By default n=14.
        Used when formatting 'FILES.BBS'.
        Example:    00000000011111111112
                    12345678901234567890
         n=14:      BBSSORT.ZIP  Sorting 'FILES.BBS'
         n=20:      BBSSORT.ZIP        Sorting 'FILES.BBS'
              
/Dn - Following lines of description (2 and above) begin from the column n.
        (By default=14).
        Used when formatting 'FILES.BBS'.
        Acts also, as a function '/Fn', but applies file description to
        following lines of.
         BBSSORT.ZIP  Sorting 'FILES.BBS'
                      Version X.XX - a finding of this line and following
                                     depends on values 'n.

/T'text' - In the beginning of first line of description of file to add 'text'.
             For instance:
              BBSSORT.EXE /T'From Hacker BBS:'
               Was: BBSSORT.ZIP Sorting 'FILES.BBS'
            Become: BBSSORT.ZIP From Hacker BBS: Sorting 'FILES.BBS'

/Cfilename - To the description of each file to
             add lines from the file 'filename'.
             This function looks like the function /T'text',
             but with two differences:
              1. Lines getting from file
              2. Lines are added in end of descriptions

/Kn - If length of file description exceeds 'n' symbols,
      take away this description.
             Serves when formatting 'FILES.BBS'.
             If length of description of file more,
             than given length 'n',
             this description simply is not put into the new file 'FILES.BBS'.

