CBSTRIP 0.3  Copyright Rob Weir, 1994-96

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Internet: rweir@cybercom.net

This program is free for personal use.

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WARNING: This program produces modified ChessBase data files, something
quite difficult, and quite undocumented.  This program seems to work for
me, but don't you think it would be better if you made a backup of your
BIG ChessBase database before using me?!
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Files you now have:

CBSTRIP.TXT   the file you are reading
CBSTRIP.EXE   the CBSTRIP program

The program CBSTRIP takes a ChessBase data file and creates a new data file
with certain records removed:

Variations
Comments
Annotator (if in square brackets [])
Deleted games
Games with special start positions
Incomplete games (lines)
ECO codes


So, in general, cbstrip produces a new file (always called CBSTRIP.CBF/CBI)
which contains only plain, complete, undecorated games.  The original data 
files are left untouched.

Why would you want a program like this?  I find it useful for several things:
                                       
1) Producing a clean file for importing into another program
2) Finding and removing duplicate games
3) Removing someone elses "intellectual property" from games

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Cbstrip is easy to run.  You just pass in the name of a ChessBase file
as an argument and let it run.

For example, if you have a ChessBase file of World Championship games
called WCH.CBI and WCH.CBF, you run cbstrip like this:

cbstrip WCH.CBF

The results will be found in files CBSTRIP.CBF and CBSTRIP.CBI

You can also specify in detail which items are removed from the games
by using these flags:

    -variations
	-comments
	-annotator
	-deleted
	-startpos
	-line
	-eco

For example, you can remove just the deleted games like this:

CBSTRIP -deleted WCH.CBF


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