; SIMIBM.DEF ; CONVERT field-definition file for the SimTel archive listing. ; Get this from ftp.coast.net, subdirectory SimTel/filedocs, ; filename simindex.zip ; You can restrict the listing to certain records by using ; Cell Filters (e.g. N 6 FileDate || > 951001). C 7 Directory (always SimTel/) C 15 Subdirectory C 12 Filename N 1 Version (8 is usually binary, 7 is text) N 7 Filesize N 1 Filetype (always 1) N 6 Filedate (yymmdd) C 46 File description ; ; Personally, I use a modified version of the above to find the ; new files and present them in an easy to read format: ; C 7 0 0 Directory ; C 15 Subdirectory ; C 12 Filename ; N 1 0 0 Version ; N 7 Filesize ; N 1 0 0 Filetype ; N 6 Filedate (yymmdd) || >= 951101 ; C 46 File description ; I don't care about the Directory, Version, and Filetype so I drop ; those on output. I also specify a filter on filedate to only give ; the newer files. Then I invoke CONVERT with this: ; CONVERT SIMIBM.IDX /INDEF=SIMIBM.DEF /TO FIXED /GAP=2 /OVERWRITE