TITLE

  Aminet2DB 1.0 for Amiga


WHAT'S NEW?

  - First Aminet release.


DESCRIPTION

  This archive contains 4 ARexx scripts to convert different database formats.

  Aminet2CSV : Converts Aminet RECENT file into comma-separated values.
  Aminet2TSV : Converts Aminet RECENT file into tab-separated values.
  CSV2TSV    : Converts comma-separated values into tab-separated values.
  TSV2CSV    : Converts tab-separated values into comma-separated values.

  It might be possible that Aminet2CSV or Aminet2TSV can convert INDEX file as
  well (not tested).


COPYRIGHT

  This program is CounterWare(TM). You only have to visit the author's home
  page and increase the counter! It doesn't cost you anything and also when
  you visit, you might find something new every week. You can do whatever you
  want with this software.


DISCLAMER

  This program is provided "AS IS" without warranty of any kind. The author
  assumes no responsibility or liability whatsoever for any damage or data 
  loss caused by using this program.


REQUIREMENTS

  RexxMast from Workbench disk is started.


INSTALLATION

  No installation is required. Copying all the files to REXX: could be a good
  idea, though.


USAGE

  To convert an Aminet 'RECENT' file into comma-separated values:

  > RX Aminet2CSV RECENT
  
  This will make 'RECENT.CSV'.
  All the rest of the programs have similar syntax.

  CSV's and TSV's can be used in most of database programs such as FinalData,
  db, XBase, ProCalc, TurboCalc, etc.


AUTHOR

  Name     : Deok-Min Yun
  E-Mail   : dmyun@mailexcite.com
             dmyun@hotmail.com
             dmyun@rocketmail.com
  WWW      : http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Horizon/7576/


  My other programs include,

  MrMPEG   : GUI frontend for MPEGA using MUIRexx.
  MrMIDI   : GUI frontend for GMPlay using MUIRexx.
  XBM_DT   : X BitMap DataType.
  CUR2ILBM : Windows cursor/icon to ILBM converter.
  KLS      : Korean Locale System for Amiga.

 PERMSSN    UID  GID    PACKED    SIZE  RATIO     CRC       STAMP          NAME
---------- ----------- ------- ------- ------ ---------- ------------ -------------
[unknown]                  584    1237  47.2% -lh5- 0a87 Jan 28  1998 Aminet2CSV.rexx
[unknown]                 1067    2143  49.8% -lh5- cc98 Jan 28  1998 Aminet2DB.readme
[unknown]                  512    1059  48.3% -lh5- 5747 Jan 28  1998 Aminet2TSV.rexx
[unknown]                  487    1204  40.4% -lh5- f7bf Jan 28  1998 CSV2TSV.rexx
[unknown]                  526    1378  38.2% -lh5- 4940 Jan 28  1998 TSV2CSV.rexx
---------- ----------- ------- ------- ------ ---------- ------------ -------------
 Total         5 files    3176    7021  45.2%            Jan 30  1998