Short:        *THE* [AmiNet] archive processor. v1.06
Author:       Manuel Giorgini (mgiorgin@dsi.unive.it)
Uploader:     Manuel Giorgini (mgiorgin dsi unive it)
Type:         util/arc
Version:      1.06
Replaces:     util/arc/deaf105*
Requires:     OS 37+
Architecture: m68k-amigaos

DEAF will scan an archive, extract the description from INSIDE it, and link
it as a comment for that file.  Suppose you have downloaded "foo.lha" and
you have noticed that it contains "foo.readme":  DEAF will EXTRACT the
"Short:" line from foo.readme (or whatever line else) and will put it
as a filenote on "foo.lha" (without the trailing "Short:" and blanks).

When no .readme file is matched INSIDE the archive, DEAF will check for such
a file in the same directory, and will use it if present.

DEAF will then be able to move that archive in your personal aminet-organized
mirror (if you have any), and will take care of discarding obsolete versions.

DEAF will optionally create new directories it can't find (as comm/www, or
whatever directory will be introduced from now on! :).

DEAF will recognize LHA, LZX and ZIP archives, and will operate
successfully with all of them, provided you have LhA, LZX and UnZip in your
path (this is extremely important!); evaluation versions are OK too if you
are not using LZX. DEAF by now needs a registered LZX to work, sorry.

History:

v1.00 [15.02.96] - First version

v1.01 [28.02.96] - stuff (trust me, this version is better, it's just that
                   I can't explain efficiently in English what I have done :)

v1.02 [21.06.96] - Introduced TODIR, REPLACES, DONTMOVE, and lightly improved
                   in other small parts.

v1.03 [01.07.96] - Now DEAF creates the needed directories (unless specified).
                   DONTCREATE introduced.

v1.04 [10.07.96] - DEAF now looks for an external .readme file too, when none
                   are matched inside the archive.
                   The source file has been lightly optimized.
                   Fixed a bug in the REPLACEment feature.

v1.05 [20.07.96] - Fixed a SERIOUS bug. Trash v1.04, don't trust it anymore!
                   Fixed another bug in the REPLACEment feature.
                   Now DEAF will optionally leave untouched a present filenote
                   (just moves the file around).

v1.06 [25.07.96] - I added pattern matching, thus reorganizing the whole source.
                   Now deaf, when looking inside the archive, tries to find
                   a readme file with the same base name of the archive.
                   Then, it will optionally fall back to *.readme, unless a
                   specific descriptor pattern is given.
                   Now deaf can resolve 'Short' lines with any number of blanks
                   before the colon (':') sign.