ARCLOG.EXE 
                     copyright 1996, 1997
                       Herbert Bushong

     Log Archiver is a simple, down-n-dirty utility
to archive various log files into daily ZIP files. AT the end of
each month, it archives the daily ZIP files into a monthly 
ZIP file.

Both a DOS and OS/2 version are included, and do exactly the
same thing, though if you use the OS/2 version, I'd recommend
using InfoZip's ZIP instead of PKZIP.

Standard Disclaimer: This program is freeware, but all rights
are retained. I make no guarantees as to the useability of this
program, other than taking up space. By using this program
you accept all responsibility for it's actions. 


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INSTALLATION
============

-  First ensure that PKZIP.EXE or ZIP.EXE is in you path.

- Extract the archive to the directory of your choice. The
  ARCLOG.EXE file is the only file used, so if you place
  it in your path, you can call it from anywhere.
  That's it!

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USING ARCLOG
============

  The command line for running ARCLOG is

ARCLOG filespec zippath [-d] [-z] 

  filespec = the name (wildcards allowed) of the log file to archive.
             Only one filespec can be passed, to archive others, just
             execute ARCLOG multiple times with different filespec's.
             You can include drive and path information in the filespec.

  zippath  = this is the path to place the archives in. IT MUST EXIST.
             
    -d     = using this parameter causes arclog to tell PKZIP/ZIP to
             move the files, Deleting them after zipping them.

    -z     = using this parameter causes arclog to call InfoZip's
             ZIP.EXE instead of PKZIP.EXE

The daily archives have the name yyyymmdd.ZIP 
The monthly archives have the name yyyymm.ZIP
where 
yyyy = year
mm   = month
dd   = day

for October 26, 1997 and the month of October, the filenames would be:
daily:   19971026.ZIP
monthly: 199710.ZIP

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CAUTIONS
========

- You should not run ArcLog more than once a day on any filespec, but
especially if you are using the -d parameter. Doing so would cause
the previous run's data to be lost. 

- Also, the monthly archiving forces "moving". A second run on the
last day of the month could cause loss of the data for that day. 

- The monthly archives are created on the last day of the month. If 
the utility isn't run on that day, then a monthly archive will not 
get created for that month.

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EXAMPLES
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ARCLOG \LOGS\SOMELOGS.*  \ARCHIVE

    would create an archive in the \ARCHIVE directory, and 
    add all files with the base name of SOMELOGS in the LOGS directory
    to the archive. 

ARCLOG .\SOMELOGS.*  \ARCHIVE

    Same as above, but would look in the current directory for the 
    log files.

ARCLOG \LOGS\SOMELOGS.*  . -d

    Same as the first example but would create the archive in the curent
    directory, and would move the files into the archive.

ARCLOG \LOGS\SOMELOGS.*  \ARCHIVE -z

    Same as the first example but would call ZIP instead of PKZIP.

ARCLOG \LOGS\SOMELOGS.*  \ARCHIVE -d -z

    Same as the first example but would call ZIP instead of PKZIP
    and move the files into the archive.