Post by Hugh Hood1. Will that utility allow one to select all the files on a volume in
one fell swoop (including drilling down into directories) in order to do
the conversion?
The utility in question is Sortdir, which is a kind of swiss army knife.
Sortdir works recursively - there are three options as it stands: 1)
Process all files in the specified directory, 2) Process all files in a
tree recursively, or 3) Whole volume mode, which enables some other options
such as free list checking.
Sortdir sorts directories, does date/time stamp conversion, can uppercase
or lowercase filenames and also does a thorough but slow disk integrity
check.
It is kind of a perpetual work in progress and the UI sucks. I will improve
that at some point ...
Post by Hugh Hood2. Some of us never adopted Apple's Y2K method of rolling the year bits
back around to zero after reaching 100. So, for example, the year 2020
on my files has the year bits = 120, rather than 20.
When I did this (the late Glen Bredon's recommendation), the year 2028
seemed like a long way away. Now, it doesn't seem so far.
The question then is, what will the conversion utility do with date bits
between 100 and 127?
I would have to take a look at the code to be sure, but it is easy to add
other date formats or corrections ... the code is all C. I am happy to add
other date conversions.
The ProDOS 2.5 date format may not be set in stone yet, so there is a
possibility that will change, in which case I have a few different tools I
will need to update.
Post by Hugh HoodIt's obvious you've put a lot of effort into your several projects. Thanks.
You're welcome. I am having lots of fun.
Incidentally, this is the first public Usenet post made with emai//er,
running on my Apple //e. Fingers crossed it is okay!!
All the best,
Bobbi